Karl Marx

             in the "revolutionary student culture" that Marx was immersed in, .
             however, and Marx eventually joined a society called the Doctor Club, .
             involved mainly in the "new literary and philosophical movement" .
             who's chief figure was Bruno Bauer, a lecturer in theology who thought .
             that the Gospels were not a record of History but that they came from .
             "human fantasies arising from man's emotional needs" and he also .
             hypothesized that Jesus had not existed as a person. Bauer was later .
             dismissed from his position by the Prussian government. By 1841, .
             Marx's studies were lacking and, at the suggestion of a friend, he .
             submitted a doctoral dissertation to the university at Jena, known for .
             having lax acceptance requirements. Unsurprisingly, he got in, and .
             finally received his degree in 1841. His thesis "analyzed in a .
             Hegelian fashion the difference between the natural philosophies of .
             Democritus and Epicurus" using his knowledge of mythology and the .
             myth of Prometheus in his chains.
             In October of 1842, Marx became the editor of the paper Rheinische .
             Zeitung, and, as the editor, wrote editorials on socio-economic issues .
             such as poverty, etc. During this time, he found that his "Hegelian .
             philosophy was of little use" and he separated himself from his young .
             Hegelian friends who only shocked the bourgeois to make up their .
             "social activity." Marx helped the paper to succeed and it almost .
             became the leading journal in Prussia. However, the Prussian .
             government suspended it because of "pressures from the government of .
             Russia." So, Marx went to Paris to study "French Communism." .
             In June of 1843, he was married to Jenny Von Westphalen, an attractive .
             girl, four years older than Marx, who came from a prestigious family .
             of both military and administrative distinction. Although many of the .
             members of the Von Westphalen family were opposed to the marriage, .
             Jenny's father favored Marx. In Paris, Marx became acquainted with .