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[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 16 points 10 hours ago

Marx and Engels clarified many of their ideas through their critical readings and polemics.

I can’t recall where — I think a preface to one of Marx’s works — Engels describes how the publishing of the work was not important in the end; that the important thing was the clarification of their own ideas through the effort of refuting their opponents. I think it was against Proudhon or Stirner… can’t remember…