Popular Philosophy was written by Ai Siqi in 1930s, which popularized Marxist philosophy. This book comprehensively and systematically introduces and expounds philosophy from five aspects: what is philosophy, idealism, dualism and materialism, dialectical materialist epistemology, basic laws of materialist dialectics and categories of materialist dialectics.

This book has been reprinted since its publication. The thought of this book not only became the enlightenment for people to learn Marxist philosophy at that time, but also has its theoretical and practical significance to this day. This book adopts the most popular brushwork, the genre of daily dialogue, and combines special theories, so that the public readers can accept it without great effort. This kind of writing is still the only contribution in the current publishing industry.

Ai Siqi's Important Contribution

Ai Siqi is a famous Marxist philosopher, educator and revolutionary in China. His philosophy and academic career are closely linked with his revolutionary career. He studied hard all his life, was diligent in writing, stood firm, was loyal to the motherland and the people, fought bravely for China's revolution and socialist construction, and made great contributions to the spread and development of Marxist philosophy and theory in China. People call him "the people's philosopher". /kloc-0 died in March, 1966, at the age of 56.