Will to Grow and Dialectical Materialism

Growth is constituted by three moments: 1. A given; 2. The introduction of some novelty; and 3. The integration of the novelty into the given.  Now, because Growth can be a seamless process, #2 and #3 are commonly conceived as combined.  However, adding 7 cats to 5 dogs shows that a further operation is present but obscured in '5 + 7 =12', which is why Kant is correct to classify such propositions as 'Synthetic'.  Similarly, the development of opposing thumbs, and the integration of them into behavior, are two distinct stages of an evolutionary process.  Now, a Dialectical pattern also has 3 moments, significantly differing from Growth because #2 is exclusively the antithesis of #1, and, so, is a special case of the latter pattern.  Furthermore, in his dissertation, Marx has an opportunity to develop a concept of Growth, because Epicurus' concept of Swerve that he studies therein is a #2, but since he is already committed to a version of Hegelian Dialectics, interprets Swerve as a Negation of the given, and, hence, as merely its Antithesis.  He, thus, cannot recognize that Dialectical Materialism is a special case of the Will to Grow, thereby bogging Marxism down in Negativity, instead of showcasing its constructive potential.