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Catholic Word of the Day: DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM, 07-09-09
CatholicReference.net ^ | 07-09-09 | Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary

Posted on 07/09/2009 7:42:17 PM PDT by Salvation

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DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM

The philosophy founded by Karl Marx (1818-83) and Friedrich Engels (1820-95), and condemned as such by the Catholic Church. It is materialism because it holds not only that matter is real but that matter is prior to mind both in time and in fact. Thus mind is said to appear only as an outgrowth of matter and must be explained accordingly. Space and time are viewed as forms of the existence of matter. It is dialectical in claiming that everything is in constant process of self-transformation. Everything is made up of opposing forces whose internal conflict keeps changing what the thing was into something else. Applied to society, the conflicts among people are essential to the progress of humanity, and to be fostered, as preconditions for the rise of the eventual classless society of perfect Communism.

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.


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I could hardly believe it when this came up on the random selection today.

Quite appropriate!

This is not what Pope Benedict wants -- in fact it is precicely what he is speaking AGAINST!

1 posted on 07/09/2009 7:42:17 PM PDT by Salvation
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2 posted on 07/09/2009 7:44:27 PM PDT by Salvation (With God all things are possible.)
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3 posted on 07/09/2009 7:44:58 PM PDT by Salvation (With God all things are possible.)
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4 posted on 07/09/2009 7:45:37 PM PDT by Salvation (With God all things are possible.)
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Dialectical materialism: The scientific definition of what we call...

Marxism.


5 posted on 07/09/2009 7:56:24 PM PDT by Norman Bates
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You got it!


6 posted on 07/09/2009 7:58:01 PM PDT by Salvation (With God all things are possible.)
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To: Salvation

They give a very complex and satisfying definition.


7 posted on 07/09/2009 8:04:50 PM PDT by Norman Bates
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"for the rise of the eventual classless society of perfect Communism"

This is the lie of Communism there is no such thing as a classless society. Marx even proved that himself by being what he became and that was not classless.

8 posted on 07/10/2009 1:10:41 AM PDT by guitarplayer1953
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