The natural scientist must be a modern materialist, a conscious adherent of the materialism represented by Marx, i.e., he must be a dialectical materialist.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Lenin states that a modern scientist must be a conscious Marxist dialectical materialist.
- In plain terms
- Scientists should adopt Marxist dialectical materialism.
- What can you take from it?
- Scientific work should align with Marxist materialism.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can scientific objectivity coexist with political ideology?
- What are the risks of politicizing science?
Another view
Science can be independent of any political doctrine.
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