Marx’s Eleventh “Theses on Feuerbach”

When Karl Marx said, in his eleventh “Theses on Feuerbach,” that “Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it,” he was not rejecting philosophy but revealing the nature and goal of his own philosophical work. He was too politically-minded to see much value in the theories, discussions, and arguments that traditional philosophy is known for; his focus was on using philosophy to provide intellectual and moral support to the trade unionists, political activists, and revolutionaries who were fighting for the socialist cause.