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A Marxist-Leninist-Maoist reading group at The New School
Nov 20, 2020 25 tweets 4 min read
In Materialism and Empirio-Criticism [MEC] (1909), 4.4, Lenin, after having established the “contradictory and disconnected epistemological propositions” of Machism, asks: in what direction is empirio-criticism headed? He turns to the recognized disciples of Mach and Avenarius: Hans Cornelius reproached materialism for leaving no room “for the idea of the continuation of our life after death” and for destroying freedom of the will.