The Naked Communist by W. Cleon Skousen Read Free Book Online
Authors: W. Cleon Skousen
delved into philosophy these concepts sometimes prove infatuating and persuasive. Therefore, in this chapter we shall deal with them.
Perhaps this material may prove to be difficult reading. However, the theories of Communism will be far easier to digest in this brief, concentrated form than they would be if the student attempted to spend several months digging them out of far-flung, technical treatises in Communist literature.
Every student should pursue his studies of Marxism until he has discovered the answers to such questions as these:
What is the Communist "law of opposites"? What is the "law of negation"? Explain the "law of transformation.
How does the Communist philosopher explain the origin of life? Does the universe have a designer or a purpose?
What is meant by the Communist concept that everything is the result of accumulated accident?
Does Communism have a god? What did Feuerbach say man's god really is? Who did Marx say must remake the world? How did Marx and Engels justify the use of violence?
What is the basic fallacy in the Communist "law of opposites"? What is the inherent fallacy in the "law of negation"? What is the weakness in the "law of transformation"?
The Case for Communism
The influence of Marx and Engels has continued in the earth, not simply because they were against so many things but primarily because they stood for something. In a word, they promised to satisfy humanity's two greatest needs: the need for universal peace and the need for universal prosperity.
The very fact that Communism offered a millennium for all the distracted, dissatisfied and unhappy people in the world assured it a hearing, not merely by under-privileged workers, but by many of the aristocracy, many of the wealthy, and many of the political and economic theorists.
When these people began hearing how Marx and Engels were going to achieve universal peace and universal prosperity they began dividing into clear-cut camps for or against Communism. One group insisted that Communism was worth a try in spite of the blood bath it would bring to humanity (after all, what is one more war if it is the gateway to permanent peace?). The other camp insisted that Communism is a complete repudiation of every decent human attribute. It would summarily forfeit all the gains which men have made through centuries of struggle.
What, then, is the case for Communism?
In this chapter we shall attempt to reduce Communist thought to its basic formula. The student will become immediately aware that Marx and Engels dealt with much more than violent revolution and Communist economics. In fact, they developed a framework of ideas designed to explain everything in existence. This philosophy is the pride and joy of every modern Communist intellectual and therefore deserves careful scrutiny.
The Communist Philosophy of Nature
To begin with, the basic Communist idea is that everything in existence can be explained by one thing -- matter . Beyond matter there is nothing. Matter is the total explanation for atoms, solar systems, plants, animals, man, psychic consciousness, human intelligence and all other aspects of life. Communist philosophy maintains that if science can get to know all there is to know about matter, we will then know all there is to know about everything. 1 Communism has therefore assigned to science the monumental task of making man totally omniscient -- of knowing all truth -- but has limited the investigation to one reality -- matter. Matter is conclusively accepted as the beginning and the end of all reality.
Communist philosophy then sets forth to answer three questions: What is the origin of energy or motion in nature?
What causes galaxies, solar systems, planets, animals and all kingdoms of nature to constantly increase their numerical quantity?
What is the origin of life, the origin of species and the origin of consciousness and mind?
Marx
Perhaps this material may prove to be difficult reading. However, the theories of Communism will be far easier to digest in this brief, concentrated form than they would be if the student attempted to spend several months digging them out of far-flung, technical treatises in Communist literature.
Every student should pursue his studies of Marxism until he has discovered the answers to such questions as these:
What is the Communist "law of opposites"? What is the "law of negation"? Explain the "law of transformation.
How does the Communist philosopher explain the origin of life? Does the universe have a designer or a purpose?
What is meant by the Communist concept that everything is the result of accumulated accident?
Does Communism have a god? What did Feuerbach say man's god really is? Who did Marx say must remake the world? How did Marx and Engels justify the use of violence?
What is the basic fallacy in the Communist "law of opposites"? What is the inherent fallacy in the "law of negation"? What is the weakness in the "law of transformation"?
The Case for Communism
The influence of Marx and Engels has continued in the earth, not simply because they were against so many things but primarily because they stood for something. In a word, they promised to satisfy humanity's two greatest needs: the need for universal peace and the need for universal prosperity.
The very fact that Communism offered a millennium for all the distracted, dissatisfied and unhappy people in the world assured it a hearing, not merely by under-privileged workers, but by many of the aristocracy, many of the wealthy, and many of the political and economic theorists.
When these people began hearing how Marx and Engels were going to achieve universal peace and universal prosperity they began dividing into clear-cut camps for or against Communism. One group insisted that Communism was worth a try in spite of the blood bath it would bring to humanity (after all, what is one more war if it is the gateway to permanent peace?). The other camp insisted that Communism is a complete repudiation of every decent human attribute. It would summarily forfeit all the gains which men have made through centuries of struggle.
What, then, is the case for Communism?
In this chapter we shall attempt to reduce Communist thought to its basic formula. The student will become immediately aware that Marx and Engels dealt with much more than violent revolution and Communist economics. In fact, they developed a framework of ideas designed to explain everything in existence. This philosophy is the pride and joy of every modern Communist intellectual and therefore deserves careful scrutiny.
The Communist Philosophy of Nature
To begin with, the basic Communist idea is that everything in existence can be explained by one thing -- matter . Beyond matter there is nothing. Matter is the total explanation for atoms, solar systems, plants, animals, man, psychic consciousness, human intelligence and all other aspects of life. Communist philosophy maintains that if science can get to know all there is to know about matter, we will then know all there is to know about everything. 1 Communism has therefore assigned to science the monumental task of making man totally omniscient -- of knowing all truth -- but has limited the investigation to one reality -- matter. Matter is conclusively accepted as the beginning and the end of all reality.
Communist philosophy then sets forth to answer three questions: What is the origin of energy or motion in nature?
What causes galaxies, solar systems, planets, animals and all kingdoms of nature to constantly increase their numerical quantity?
What is the origin of life, the origin of species and the origin of consciousness and mind?
Marx
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