▁material ▁object . ▁If ▁this ▁inference ▁is ▁correct , ▁then ▁those ▁things ▁that ▁Marx ▁says ▁about ▁human ▁production ▁above , ▁also ▁apply ▁to ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁human ▁life , ▁by ▁humans . ▁And ▁simultaneously , ▁' As ▁individuals ▁express ▁their ▁life , ▁so ▁they ▁are . ▁What ▁they ▁are , ▁therefore , ▁coinc ides ▁with ▁their ▁production , ▁both ▁with ▁what ▁they ▁produce ▁and ▁with ▁how ▁they ▁produce . ▁The ▁nature ▁of ▁individuals ▁thus ▁depends ▁on ▁the ▁material ▁conditions ▁determ ining ▁their ▁production .' ▁ ▁To ▁make ▁one ' s ▁life ▁one ' s ▁object ▁is ▁therefore ▁to ▁treat ▁one ' s ▁life ▁as ▁something ▁that ▁is ▁under ▁one ' s ▁control . ▁To ▁raise ▁in ▁imagination ▁plans ▁for ▁one ' s ▁future ▁and ▁present , ▁and ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁st ake ▁in ▁being ▁able ▁to ▁ful fill ▁those ▁plans . ▁To ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁live ▁a ▁life ▁of ▁this ▁character ▁is ▁to ▁achieve ▁' self - activity ' ▁( actual isation ), ▁which ▁Marx ▁bel ieves ▁will ▁only ▁become ▁possible ▁after ▁commun ism ▁has ▁replaced ▁capital ism . ▁' Only ▁at ▁this ▁stage ▁does ▁self - activity ▁co inci de ▁with ▁material ▁life , ▁which ▁corresponds ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁individuals ▁into ▁complete ▁individuals ▁and ▁the ▁casting - off ▁of ▁all ▁natural ▁limitations . ▁The ▁transformation ▁of ▁labour ▁into ▁self - activity ▁corresponds ▁to ▁the ▁transformation ▁of ▁the ▁earlier ▁limited ▁inter course ▁into ▁the ▁inter course ▁of ▁individuals ▁as ▁such '. ▁ ▁What ▁is ▁involved ▁in ▁making ▁one ' s ▁species ▁one