Thursday, October 2, 2014

Dialectical Materialism and Omnipotence

A necessary condition of pre-determination of a course of events is the omnipotence of the determining force, i. e. to which all antecedent factors must be subject.  Such omnipotence is a premise of Theological doctrines such as Calvinism, and, arguably, is implicit in Hegel's concept of History insofar as it entails eventuation of the return of Jesus Christ.  Likewise, the transition from Capitalism to Socialism is inevitable only if the scope of Dialectical Materialism is Universal, i. e. applies not only to economic arrangements, but to, for example, microorganisms, as well.  In other words, if microorganisms are not included in the sweep of Dialectical Materialism, a Capitalist society can be destroyed before it arrives at Socialism.  Whether or not Dialectical Materialism is an omnipotent deity in Marxism is not clear.

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