World, Interpretation, Text

The influence of Gutenberg's invention on Modern Philosophy can be discerned in one of Marx's most famous formulations.  What philosphers, according to him, have done hitherto is not "known" or "understood" the world; rather, they have "interpreted" it.  By implication, therefore, they have treated the world as a text.  Furthermore, as one of the theses on Feuerbach, the general theme of the passage is the shortcomings of Feuerbach's critique of Christianity.  So, implicit in Marx's formulation is that it is for not only Berkeley that the world is a religious text, a divine communication to humans.