http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/Engels_Anti_Duhring.pdf This whole chapter gives me the headache. For one thing, I had more trouble here than usual in separating Dühring, Hegel, and Engels. I wish he’d used more direct quotes, or been more precise about when he was summarizing. … Continue reading →

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/Engels_Anti_Duhring.pdf Herr Dühring says that what exists is existence, and all that exists is existence, and, furthermore, existence is what exists. This, he claims, disposes of God. Exactly how it does that is left as an exercise for the reader. … Continue reading →

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/Engels_Anti_Duhring.pdf Dühring expresses something I’ve run into before (Heinlein pulls a slight-of-hand with it in Rocket Ship Galileo; I noticed the slight-of-hand when I was 12).  It is the belief that mathematics can be produced “without making use of the experience offered … Continue reading →

One last try to be kind to lj readers:   This chapter is less vital for us than it was for Engels. Because Herr Dühring erected his entire theory on the foundation of his philosophy, it was necessary to thoroughly … Continue reading →

This chapter is the one in the book most limited to the polemical side of the work; in other words, with the least general interest.  I can’t think of anything to say about it, so I’m just throwing this post … Continue reading →