Abstract：Studies on the nature and origins of the corporation started from the German Historical School, and triggered an international debate in the mid-late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, and so far there's no conclusion.Only by returning to the starting point of the debate can we search out the core issue.On this basis, the nature and origins of the corporation will be enlightened by returning to Marxist classical texts for resolving and surpassing the endless debates.Classical Marxists expounded that the corporation in its nature was just a reflection of the real social life in the legal field, the personality of the corporation was also a reflection of the real personality in the field; in reality, the corporation was an organic entity combining the social reality and legal form.The corporation like the capital exists historically.The business corporation originated in the personalization of the capital, met the requirements of the personalization, became its implementation and embodiment.The perpetuity of the corporation mirrored the process of the unlimited capital proliferation.

Keyword: modern Europe; corporation; the Historical School; personalization of the capital; social organic entity;

DOI：10.19832/j.cnki.0559-8095.2023.0028

Published on Collected Papers of History Studies, Vol. 3, 2023