Doubt on “Conflicts between Marx and Engles”

Some scholars both at home and abroad hold that there exist not only differences but also conflicts between Marx and Engels. They have identified two conflicts. First, on the relation between human society and nature, Marx provokes unity of the two, while Engels maintains that human society and nature are conflicting. Second, about the subjectivity or objectivity of development of history, Marx emphasizes the importance of human activities, while Engels holds the position of me chanical determinism, stressing the importance of following the objective rules. Based on evidence from the works by Marx and Engels, the author claims that the philosophy of Marx and Engels are basically the same and the claim “conflicts exist between Marx and Engels” does not hold water and is not true. The author also explains that Marx and Engels have basically the same ideas by referring to their cooperation in founding and explaining new theories.