“马克思主义是发展的理论”,这本是恩格斯提出的关于马克思主义本质的论断。1887年,恩格斯说:“我们的理论是发展着的理论,而不是必须背得烂熟并机械地加以重复的教条。”①胡绳晚年借用恩格斯的这个命题,就发展马克思主义的问题作过专门论述。1994年底,在中宣部等单位联合召? “Marxism is a theory of development.” This is the conclusion Engels put forward on the essence of Marxism. In 1887, Engels said: “Our theory is a theory developed, not a doctrine that must be well-known and repeated mechanically.” ① In his later years, Hu’s borrowing of Engels was devoted to the issue of developing Marxism Discussion. By the end of 1994, in the Central Propaganda Department and other units jointly called?