There is a vast gap between the different realities of these two influential philosophers and between the ways they understand the world. ... It is true that both of them were influenced to a certain extent by Hegel but the way they interpret him is completely different. ... He took the Hegelian concept of a world driven by the historical struggle between ideas and their antitheses and replaced it with a world driven by the historical struggle between different classes for control over the means of production. ... Despite the acknowledged differences, the philosophies of Marx and Kierke...

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