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Which philosopher said that development is spiral. And give the original sentence thank you ~
Answer: Lenin.

Lenin said: "People's understanding is not a straight line, but a series of infinitely similar circles and a spiral curve".

(<〈 < Complete Works of Lenin > Volume 38, page 4 1 1)

Spiral is the unity of gradual development and toughness of things. The self-development of things, through affirmation, negation and new affirmation, is a tortuous process of negation of negation, seemingly returning to the starting point, essentially repeating the characteristics and characteristics of some low-level stages in the advanced stage, and is a forward movement realized through twists and turns. Therefore, in the spiral or wave-like development, the gradual and staggered development of things is dialectical unity.

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Spiral origin of development

1. anaximander and Heraclitus in ancient Greece believed that the development of things was a cycle. They believe that "infinity" or "fire" is the "starting point" of everything, and everything originates from it and returns to it. But the reversion they say is a simple cycle, which does not include change and improvement, and has the color of circular theory.

2. Marxist philosophy affirms that Hegel's comparison of development to a circle is a very profound metaphor and has transformed it on the basis of materialism. Marxist philosophy points out that all kinds of things and phenomena in the material world are a contradictory system and a whole containing opposing aspects.

Self-development is the development of the opposite of things. In the struggle and unity of opposites, realize the dialectical movement from low to high. Its basic direction and general trend are advancing and rising, and it is a spiral or wave-like tortuous process.

3. Lenin said: "People's understanding is not a straight line (that is, it is not carried out along a straight line), but infinitely similar to a series of circles and a spiral curve" (Volume 38, page 41/kloc-0). The development of things is infinite, so the spiral dialectical movement is not closed, but an infinite dialectical chain.

& lt Complete Works of Lenin, Volume 38, Page 4 1 1.