 | VOCABULARY born - urodzony
prosperous - dobrze sytuowany, zamożny
middle-class - z warstw średnich
forebear - przodek
rabbi - rabin
to convert - nawrócić się, zmienić jedną religię na drugą
to pursue a career - uprawiać zawód, rozwijać karierę
lawyer - prawnik
he entered radical politics - został politycznym radykałem
in his early twenties - tu: kiedy miał niewiele ponad 20 lat
to write - pisać
in collaboration with - we współpracy z
life-long friend - przyjaciel na całe życie
financial supporter - donator, osoba wspierająca finansowo
to break out - wybuchnąć
throughout Europe - tu: w całej Europie
to follow - następować
he was forced to flee - był zmuszony uciekać
to move - przeprowadzić się
to spend - spędzić
the rest of his life - reszta jego życia
to work on - pracować nad czymś
to research - tu: zbierać materiały
for what was to become the three volumes of Das Kapital - nad tym, co było później trzema tomami Kapitału |
Lesson 25
Karl MarxBorn in Trier in 1818, he came from a prosperous, middle-class family.
Many of his forebears had been rabbis but his father had converted from Judaism to Protestantism in order to pursue his career as a lawyer.
After studying at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, Marx entered radical politics in his early twenties and in 1848 wrote The Communist Manifesto, in collaboration with his life-long friend and financial supporter Friedrich Engels.
Revolution broke out throughout Europe in 1848; repression followed in 1849 and Marx was forced to flee Germany.
He moved to London, where he spent the rest of his life, working in the British Museum on research for what was to become the three volumes of Das Kapital.
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