Research On Self-Consciousness In Marx's Doctoral Dissertation

The Marx's Doctoral Dissertation(The Differences of The Natural Philosophy between Democritus and Epicurus)is not only the embodiment of Marx's early philosophy,but also the starting point of his philosophy.Marx was addicted to the study of freedom and self-consciousness,the realization of self-consciousness is the basic aim of his Doctoral Dissertation.In the Doctoral Dissertation,after comparing the natural philosophy of Democritus and Epicurus's natural philosophy,Marx found that Epicurus' theory of atoms is more progressive.Epicurean's elaboration on the form of atomic movement far surpassed that of Democritus.The independence and freedom of self-consciousness were established in Epicurius's theory of atomic skew.We take the background of analying Marx's writing Doctoral Dissertation as an entry point to understand his self-consciousness,exploring the origin of self-consciousness and the emergence of Marx's self-consciousness,including the influence of Marx's family environment and Marx's personal free spirit.At the same time,it analyzes the causes and singificance of Marx's selection of Epicurean philosophy as the study object in the preliminary preparation notes of Marx's writing Doctoral Dissertation.From this point,this paper deeply explores the path of the self-consciousness thought in Marx's Doctoral Dissertation,and exhumes the manifestation and connotation of self-consciousness in the study of Marx's Doctoral Dissertation.On this basis,the theoretical value of the self-consciousness thought in Marx's Doctoral Dissertation is analyed,including Marx's transcendence of the youth Hegelian and Epicurean philosophy's of self-consciousness,the initial establishment of practical materialist philosophy,and the characterization of Marx's unique philosophical developing direction.Showing the importance position and role of self-consciousness in the development of Marxist philosophy.