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Title:: The Implications of Marx's Thought of “Real Individual” for Education Philosophy

Abstract:: Education is a human cause to develop human nature, which is based on the theorical understanding of humanity. By criticizing the abstract theory of traditional human studies and the abstract rule of capitalist social capital logic, Marx established a historical materialist human theory system starting from “real individuals”, which provides a solid foundation of human theory for the theoretical research and practice in education. From different ideological levels and ideological dimensions, Marx constantly deepened his investigation of human nature, and summarized the most realistic essence of “real individuals” as “the sum of all social relations”, which deeply reflects the social connotations of human nature in the aspects of life, practice, history, etc. The socialist educational cause takes “real individuals” as the main object, which is to directly face the developmental needs of each individual's life reality and physical reality. By constantly overcoming and sublating the abstract one-sidedness of capital modernity and the instrumental alienation of people, it is possible for us to promote the development of each individual beyond mere reality and the liberation from historical constraints for each individual, and constantly pursue the true realization of the value mission for education to achieve the all-round human development and “personal freedom”.