Mankind always sets itself only such problems as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, it will always be found that the task itself arises only when the material conditions for its solution already exist or are at least in the process of formation.
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Original Citation
Marx, Karl. Zur Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie [On the Critique of Political Economy]. Berlin: Franz Duncker, 1859, preface.
Current Citation
Marx, Karl. Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, edited by Maurice Dobb. International Publishers, 2022, preface.