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"Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy." is this a mistranslation? It doesn't appear to make any sense. Should it be "experie
by kevinpet 16y ago
"Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy." is this a mistranslation? It doesn't appear to make any sense. Should it be "experience praises most happily the one who made the most people happy"? Where did Marx write this and was it in English or German?
- kn0thing 16y agoYarg, I clearly don't have good version control. That's a wicked old (crappy) translation. "History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy." Fixing! (Thanks) http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1837-pre/marx/1835-ref.htm http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1837-pre/marx/183...