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Karl Marx

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.

Karl Marx

Men

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Karl Marx is saying that history does not act like a single person controlling people to reach its goals. Instead, history is made up of the actions and decisions of individuals trying to achieve their own purposes.

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