长期以来人们一直认为,由于达尔文的生存斗争和自然选择理论似乎支持了马克思的阶级斗争学说,因此,马克思是达尔文的“拥趸”。尤其广为流传的是,马克思曾在1873年春将出版不久的《资本论》第一卷第二版寄赠达尔文,并在扉页上写下了对达尔文极尽仰慕之情的赠言。但事实可能比其表象更为错综复杂一些。《物种起源》在1859年11月面世后不久,恩格斯就将这一消息知会了马克 It has long been believed that since Darwin’s struggle for survival and the theory of natural selection seem to support Marx’s theory of class struggle, Marx is Darwin’s “fan.” It is particularly prevalent that Marx had sent Darwin the second edition of the first volume of Capital, the soon to be published in the spring of 1873, and wrote on the front page a statement of his utmost admiration for Darwin. But the truth may be more intricate than its appearance. Shortly after the “Origin of Species” appeared in November 1859, Engels informed Mark