On the Natural Dimension of Historical Materialism——Discussion of the Similarities and Differences Between Marx and Engels' Natural View

Marx and Engels have different angles of view as to the relation between man and nature:Marx embarks from the real person's work and practice,reviews the specific shape of human society,emphasizes the social historical condition about the material transformation between man and nature,in which practice acts as a intermediary function.Engels reviews nature from the historical development,uses natural sciences achievement to reveal the universal relation and dialectical development,and describes the process of material nature from inorganic sphere to the human society.Thus,nature is the unified and developing material world illustrated by the near modern natural sciences.However,the difference is established on the basis of a fundamental consistency between man and nature.A conflicting interpretation of Marx and Engels does harm to the grasp of the Marxist contemporary value and the revolutionary significance.