qual with respect to rationality and deserve equality before the law and individual freedom. Marx saw this an primarily an opiate of the people, because from his observation of the forces of production and class divisions, he did not view man nor his societies evolving toward any such ideal or higher understanding. KantÆs transcendentalism was based on the following question: ôWhether there is any knowledge that is independent of experience and even of all impressions of the senses. Such knowledge is entitled a priori,ö (Edwards, p. 686). MarxÆs theory of transcendentalism, to be discussed later, radically differs from KantÆs metaphysical view and a priori knowledge.
Hegel believed reality was a dynamic process that evolved through dialectic not one of static ideals of absolutes. He maintained that every thesis has an inherent antithesis within it, and that the conflict between these results in a synthesis which again evolves a contradiction. Hegel believes that this cyclical conflict eventually results in the stability of societies and social transformation. Marx was greatly influenced
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