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Dialectics (II)
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How does Engels distinguish 'metaphysical' from 'dialectical' thinking?
A
Metaphysics is religious; dialectics is scientific
B
Metaphysics considers things and ideas as isolated, fixed, and given once and for all, in rigid either/or antitheses ('yea, yea; nay, nay'); dialectics grasps things in their connection, sequence, and motion—their coming-into-being and passing-away
C
Metaphysics deals with nature; dialectics deals only with human history
D
Metaphysics was invented by Hegel; dialectics predates him by centuries
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