p. 2
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You know what Lenin says about 'intellectuals'. Individually certain of them may (politically) be declared revolutionaries, and courageous ones. But as a mass, they remain 'incorrigibly' petty-bourgeois in ideology.
— Louis Althusser
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Source: Wikiquote: "Louis Althusser" (Quotes, Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays (1968): LΓ©nine et la philosophie (1968) as translated by Ben Brewster (Monthly Review Press: 1971), "Philosophy as a Revolutionary Weapon")
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About Louis Althusser
Louis Pierre Althusser (16 October 1918 β 22 October 1990) was a French Marxist philosopher.
About Louis Althusser
Louis Pierre Althusser (16 October 1918 β 22 October 1990) was a French Marxist philosopher.
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