History Is At Once Freedom And Necessity.

Is It Better To Work Out Consciously And Critically One's Own Conception Of The World And Thus, In Connection With The Labours Of One's Own Brain, Choose One's Sphere Of Activity, Take An Active Part In The Creation Of The History Of The World, Be One's Own Guide, Refusing To Accept Passively And Supinely From Outside The Moulding Of One' Own Personality?

A Social Group Can, Indeed Must, Already Exercise 'leadership' Before Winning Governmental Power (this Is Indeed One Of The Principal Conditions For The Winning Of Such Power); It Subsequently Becomes Dominant When It Exercises Power, But Even If It Holds It Firmly In Its Grasp, It Must Continue To 'lead' As Well.

From The Moment When A Subordinate Class Becomes Really Independent And Dominant, Calling Into Being A New Type Of State, The Need Arises Concretely, Of Building A New Intellectual And Moral Order, I.e. A New Type Of Society, And Hence The Need To Elaborate The Most Universal Concepts, The Most Refined And Decisive Ideological Weapons.

The Philosophy Of Praxis Does Not Aim At The Peaceful Resolution Of Existing Contradictions In History And Society, But Is The Very Theory Of These Contradictions. It Is Not The Instrument Of Government Of The Dominant Groups In Order To Gain The Consent And Exercise Hegemony Over The Subaltern Classes. It Is The Expression Of Subaltern Classes Who Want To Educate Themselves In The Art Of Government And Who Have An Interest In Knowing All Truths, Even The Unpleasant Ones, And In Avoiding The Impossible Deceptions Of The Upper Class, And Even More Their Own.

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