Hobbes derives the fundamental desire for power from self-interested economic calculation
Evidence
I think, however, that Marx is wrong in two respects. First, the social circumstances of which account must be taken are quite as much political as economic; they have to do with power, of which wealth is only one form. Second, social causation largely ceases to apply as soon as a problem becomes detailed and technical. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2847 (
#responds-to, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Political passion arises from economic life yet transcends self-interested profit calculation.; Marx overemphasized economics while neglecting power and technical detail — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2847
Related
- Marx overemphasized economics while neglecting power and technical detail (similarity 0.84)
- Classical political economy of culture reduces all cultural phenomena to economic determination (similarity 0.80)
- Hobbes makes power the fundamental passion behind all other ambitions (similarity 0.79)
- Political passion arises from economic life yet transcends self-interested profit calculation. (similarity 0.79)
- Marx held contradictory world-historical and national views of bourgeois development (similarity 0.79)
- Marx explains capital better than class and class contradiction is not master key (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Political passion arises from economic life yet transcends self-interested profit calculation.
#qualifies(0.85) - Marx overemphasized economics while neglecting power and technical detail
#responds-to(0.72) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2847