"Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please,
they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under
circumstances directly found, given and transmitted from the past."
Marx
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
The Marx-Engels Reader, p595
Best,
Mitch
----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart Elden <Stuart.Elden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: foucault list <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 9:47 AM
Subject: Marx Quote
> Can anyone help by telling me where the Marx quote 'men make their own
> history... but not in circumstances of their own choosing' is?
>
> I can't find it quickly, though i know i've read it several times. Anyone
> know off hand?
>
> Thanks
>
> Stuart
>
they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under
circumstances directly found, given and transmitted from the past."
Marx
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
The Marx-Engels Reader, p595
Best,
Mitch
----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart Elden <Stuart.Elden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: foucault list <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 9:47 AM
Subject: Marx Quote
> Can anyone help by telling me where the Marx quote 'men make their own
> history... but not in circumstances of their own choosing' is?
>
> I can't find it quickly, though i know i've read it several times. Anyone
> know off hand?
>
> Thanks
>
> Stuart
>