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ESSENCE OF SOUL
Unity of Opposites
Unity of opposites does not mean only the association of two objects with opposite properties, but according to Marxism, the internal combination of two opposite qualities within the same object is also the unity of opposites These two opposites may be possessed by the same substance simultaneously. Marxists consider the discovery of this unity of opposites to be a unique and great gift to their philosophy. When questioned by various logicians that two opposite qualities cannot stay within the same substance they justify their own belief by giving practical illustrations They take shelter under the logic of Hegel and say "the money which is a debt for the borrower is the capital for the money-lender". And again "the road to the east for people living in the west, is at the same time, the road to the west for people living in the east" In advancing further justification for their belief the Marxists borrow some arguments from Plato and say "That the wood of which our chair is made is hard If it was not hard enough it could not have carried our weight On the other hand the wood is soft because if it was not soft, an axe could not have cut it In this way the wood is both hard and soft at the same time."
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If we were to accept the aforesaid argument we shall come ot the conclusion that there must be elements of virtue in many vices. It may be that Marx has gone the wrong way in his next step for the deve
