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Anekdote of Philosophical History and Materialsim
In Jena , (city east to Weimar) , the University was very liberal as it had 7? landlords or something and they couldnt agree to manage the University, so it was basiclly free via "AFK- Landlord"
that lead to it beeing the place where many big names Studied , Hegel Teached there and had just published the Founddationalwork of the "Materialism" -- Phänomenologie des Geistes when Big name Napoleon Strolled into Town to Beat the Prußans at "Jena-Auerstädt" . The Concept of "Phänomologie des Geistes" actually left the Town with the last Post-Carrige.
Jena beeing that liberal University , lead some 35 Years later a certain Outlaw academic Called "Karl Marx" making Contact with it and becoming
Dr. Karl Marx, Actually.
Love that anecdote!
About that doctoral certificate: very funny how they latinize all the names. Why "Carlo Henrico Marx", though? He didn't have a second given name. Did they just randomly write the Latin version of his father's name "Heinrich" as a second name for some reason?
Could be a Latin naming Convention ? I dont know it either.