Letter from Marx to Arnold Ruge

by Karl Marx

This is the third in the series of letters Marx [age 25] wrote to his friend, Arnold Ruge, during 1843 – it is also the last in the eight letter exchange. Marx and Ruge would include the entire series in the first and only edition of their joint venture, the Deutsch-Franzosische Jahrbucher, February 1844.

Marx is replying to Ruge's previous letter, in which Ruge proclaimed himself an atheist and a vigorous supporter of the "new philosophers". (Description Source: Marx Engels Internet Archive)

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A colorized photograph portrait of Karl Marx. He is sitting rigidly upright with his hand inside his suit jacket in an upholstered wooden chair. He has a large gray beard and somewhat long hair to match. He looks very serious. / photo by: John Jabez Edwin Mayall. Colored by: Olga Shirnina. Year: 1875. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karl_Marx,_1875.jpg#/media/File:Karl_Marx,_1875.jpg