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Which key figure did Proudhon influence and later have a conflict with?

  • Friedrich Engels

  • Vladimir Lenin

  • Karl Marx

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Answer

Karl Marx, the renowned philosopher and economist, was not only influenced by but also came into conflict with Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, another leading figure of the 19th-century socialist movement. Their divergence primarily stemmed from different viewpoints on how to effect change, leading to their eventual intellectual confrontation despite the initial period of intellectual kinship.
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