The ‘German proletariat as heir of classical philosophy’ claim originates with Engels, not Marx

Evidence

The statement that the German proletariat is the heir of classical German philosophy is not in Marx but is the final sentence of Engels’ Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy . — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2588

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• QUESTION: Worth tracing how Engels’ attribution got folded into Marx’s own legacy, since attribution matters for how the Marxist canon is read.
• XREF: Connects to how the Islamophobia field handles canons and who gets credited with founding concepts.