Karl Marx was a philosopher and revolutionary who ... were revived in the 20th century by Vladimir Ilich Lenin, who developed and applied them. They became the core of the theory and practice ...

[1] Writing on the eve of World War I, Lenin provided this concise explanation of the philosophical standpoint of Marxism: Marx deepened and developed philosophical materialism to the full ...

Karl Marx's writings formed the theoretical base ... had he seen to what use his ideas were put by the likes of Lenin, Stalin and Mao, will remain one of history's intriguing unanswered questions.

Karl Marx was a philosopher and revolutionary who ... were revived in the 20th century by Vladimir Ilich Lenin, who developed and applied them. They became the core of the theory and practice ...