"He freed the body from chains because he enchained the heart."
— Marx, Karl (1818-1883)
Author
Date
December 1843-January 1844
Metaphor
"He freed the body from chains because he enchained the heart."
Metaphor in Context
Luther, we grant, overcame bondage out of devotion by replacing it by bondage out of conviction. He shattered faith in authority because he restored the authority of faith. He turned priests into laymen because he turned laymen into priests. He freed man from outer religiosity because he made religiosity the inner man. He freed the body from chains because he enchained the heart.
(Cf. p. 60 in Tucker ed.)
(Cf. p. 60 in Tucker ed.)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Karl Marx, "A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right: Introduction," Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher, 7 & 10 (1844). <Link to marxists.org>
Reading in Robert C. Tucker, ed. The Marx-Engels Reader, 2nd edition (New York: Norton, 1978)
Reading in Robert C. Tucker, ed. The Marx-Engels Reader, 2nd edition (New York: Norton, 1978)
Date of Entry
04/22/2013
