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Karl Marx

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Jean-Paul Sartre

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is the domain of theoretic practice whereby the concrete refers largely to reality.

For Althusser, the theoretical opposition between the abstract and the concrete lies wholly in the realm of theory. The abstract is the starting-point for theoretical practice, its Generality I, while the concrete is its end-point (Generality III). The common theoretical view that regards theory as abstract and reality as concrete is characteristic of the works of Feuerbach and of Marx's own youth.'

is the state of being cut off from thought, one-sided, empty, devoid of content. Abstract is opposed to concrete.

One-sided, empty, devoid of content. Opposed to: concrete. For Hegel, a particular, as well as a universal, may be 'abstract', meaning (per Inwood) cut off from thought or other sensory items.

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