Marx's ideas were influenced by Aristotle, especially in how he viewed society and ethics. Marx believed that ethics were based on how society is structured, similar to Aristotle's beliefs. Marx saw society as a whole, with its parts only existing potentially, not fully. This tension suggests that society will eventually change. Recent philosophy ideas have helped support Marx's views on reality. Marx also shared Aristotle's belief that things come into existence and eventually pass away, like capitalism. Marx's theory of capitalism's decline and fall is similar to Aristotle's idea of things passing away.