This paper contends that Karl Marx's philosophical and
political views were undeniably influenced by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
Hegel. The paper explains that Hegel's effort to re-establish the principle's of society was powerful and persuasive. The paper explores how he attempted to reconcile the individual conceptions of reality and
freedom and fuse them into a morality that could be applicable to the whole of society. The paper examines how Karl Marx brought out a number of the troubles with Hegel's interpretation of man and his place within society and ended up producing one of the most influential
political philosophies ever.