The Poverty of Philosophy

by Karl Marx

The Poverty of Philosophy

being a translation of the

Misère de la philosophie

(A reply to "La philosophie de la misère" of M. Proudhon)

by
Karl Marx

with a preface by
Friedrich Engels

Translated by H. Quelch.

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Chicago
Charles H. Kerr & Company
1913

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Contents

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Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		5
Preface ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		9
Author's Preface ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		29
Author's Introductory Note ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		31
Chapter I.—A Scientific Discovery.
AppendixSection	III.I.—Opposition of Utility Value to Exchange Value ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	33
AppendixSection„	III.II.—Constituted or Synthetic Value ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	46
AppendixSection„	III.—Application of the Law of the Proportion of Value—(a) Money ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	85
AppendixSection„	III...of Value—„(b) Surplus Labor ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	97
Chapter II.—The Metaphysics of Political Economy.
AppendixSection	III.I.—The Method ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	112
AppendixSection„	III.II.—The Division of Labor and Machinery ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	135
AppendixSection„	III.—Competition and Monopoly ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	158
AppendixSection„	III.IV.—Property and Rent ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	168
AppendixSection„	III.V.—Strikes and the Combination of Workmen ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	181
Appendix	III.I.—Proudhon Judged by Marx ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	193
Appendix„	III.II.—John Gray and his Theory of Labor Notes ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	203
Appendix„	III.—Free Trade ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	208