Zeppo Marx that "Herbie" was tagged with the name "Zippo" because he liked to do chinups and acrobatics, as the chimp did in its act. The youngest brother objected to this nickname, and it was altered to "Zeppo". In a TV Interview, Zeppo said that Zep is Italian-American slang for baby and as Zeppo was the youngest or baby Marx Brother he was called Zeppo. Zeppo replaced brother Gummo in the Marx Brothers stage act when the latter joined the army in 1918. Zeppo remained with the team and appeared in their successes in vaudeville, on Broadway and the first five Marx
The Concept of Nature in Marx The Concept of Nature in Marx The Concept of Nature in Marx () is a 1962 book by the philosopher Alfred Schmidt. First published in English in 1971, is a classic account of Karl Marx's ideas about nature. The critic Terry Eagleton summarizes Schmidt as arguing that, according to Marx, "Human beings are part of Nature yet able to stand over against it; and this partial separation from Nature is itself part of their nature." "The Concept of Nature in Marx" has been seen as a classic work. The philosopher Herbert Marcuse offers a discussion of the role of nature