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This paper examines how Flora Tristan, Karl Marx, Fredrich Engels, and Charles Darwin all examined and discussed the state of social affairs, but each in critically different ways. It looks at how, although the three theorists share the foundational desire to understand human society, their ways of doing so differ greatly. It shows how Marx, Engels, and Darwin take a clear economic and scientific approach, while Tristan performs unscientific and emotional analysis.

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"The largest difference between Marx, Darwin and Tristan lies in the influences of religion on their respective work. Marx does not make God part of his arguments; similarly, Darwin's work was absent of religious influence. Tristan, however, claimed she was on a mission from God, and that her work was God's will. In this way, Tristan's work was guided by a desire for change of a higher order than that called for by Marx and Engels. Influenced by morality and religion, Tristan laid out a plan for a utopian future in socialism. Apart from her beliefs in a socialist system, Tristan was also a leading figure in the French feminist movement."

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