Note 1013 — Chapter III · : MARXISM

The Italian syndicalist Arthur Labriola (Revue socialiste, 1899, vol. i, p. 674) writes as follows: “While we Marxians are trying to repatch the master’s cloak political economy is making some headway every day. If we compare Marx’s Kapital with Marshall’s Principles—chapter by chapter, that is to say—we shall find that problems which required a few hundred pages in the Kapital are solved in a few lines by Marshall.” B. Croce (Materialismo storico ed Economia marxistica, 1900, p. 105) writes thus: “I am strongly in favour of economic construction along Hedonistic lines. But that does not satisfy the natural desire for a sociological treatment of profits, and such treatment is impossible unless we make use of the comparative considerations suggested by Marx.” Lastly, Sorel, in Saggi di Critica del Marxismo (1903, p. 13) says: “It is necessary to give up the attempt to transform socialism into a science.”