Karl Marx was one of the most influential idealogues of the 19th and 20th centuries. His seminal document The Communist Manifesto of 1847 was the first of its kind to expound the communist philosophy. Karl Marx's communism was a synthesis of the ideas and actions that had evolved since the Enlightenment, the French Revolutions, and the Industrial Revolution. The Communist Manifesto encompassed a large field of influences including but not limited to socialism, classical economics, evolution …showed first 75 words of 733 total…

…showed last 75 words of 733 total…laborer work longer hours than he needs to subsist, and yet only paying him/her on a subsistence level of hours. Again, tying into the antagonism of capital and labor. Marx was a brilliant man with very radical ideas. Marx is such an intriguing and important figure in history's tale because his ideas contradict everything about him. He was a member of the bourgeoisie, the class he so thoroughly and scientifically challenged in his manifesto.