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Quotation from Karl Marx and the Close of His System by Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

“That Marx was truly and honestly convinced of the truth of his thesis I do not doubt”

Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (spoken by Böhm-Bawerk)

Karl Marx and the Close of His System, Chapter IV: The Error in the Marxian System, Its Origin and Ramifications, trans. Alice M. Macdonald (1898)

From Chapter IV, where Böhm-Bawerk grants Marx's sincerity but argues that his conviction rested on the authority of Smith and Ricardo rather than on proof.

Citation: "That Marx was truly and honestly convinced of the truth of his thesis I do not doubt" — Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Karl Marx and the Close of His System, Chapter IV: The Error in the Marxian System, Its Origin and Ramifications, trans. Alice M. Macdonald (1898). (id bohm-bawerk-karl-marx-and-the-close-of-his-system-q7)

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