What was ludwig feuerbachs explanation of god and religion. Ludwig feuerbach the essence of christianity excerpts1 phil101 prof. The essence of christianity by feuerbach, ludwig, 18041872. In submitting to the american public the subsequent argument for the natural origin of religion, by a thinker whose name has, during the last year, received a welldeserved but long withheld prominence on this side of the atlantic, by the eloquence of one of his noblest peers in the realm of thought, as. Ludwig feuerbach archive marxists internet archive. The essence of religion ludwig feuerbach halaman 3 lecture i in opening my series of lectures on the essence of religion, i wish first of all to state that what prevailed over my prolonged reluctance to take such a step was the appeal, the express desire of the students at this university. Ludwig andreas feuerbach stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Ludwig feuerbach the essence of christianity excerpts1. Baringgoulds the origin and development of religious belief, part ii.
The sentence occurs in ludwig feuerbachs bestknown book, the essence of christianity 1841, which created a sensation when published in europe, and which was quickly translated into english by no less than the novelist george eliot. Religion as projection ludwig feuerbach 18041872 what we have hitherto been maintaining generally, even with regard to sensational impressions, of the relation between subject and object, applies especially to the relation between the subject and the religious object. Position seiner religionskritik religionskritik als zentrum seiner philosophie. Karl daub he was led to an interest in the then predominant philosophy of hegel and. Ludwig andreas feuerbach education feuerbach matriculated in the university of heidelberg with the intention of pursuing a career in the church. Ludwig feuerbach, along with schopenhauer, kierkegaard, marx, and nietzsche. Although the sensationalism was in large part due to feuerbachs clever inversion of the ruling philosophy. Ludwig feuerbach archive 1804 1872 feuerbach is the only one who has a serious, critical attitude to the hegelian dialectic and who has made genuine discoveries in this field. Gods did not exist in reality, but only in the dream of the human mind. Ludwig feuerbach lectures on the essence of religion. Feeling about in uncertainty for the ground, and finding everywhere shiftiug sands, feuerbach cast a sudden blaze into the darkness, and disclosed to me the way. Feuerbach is best known for his criticism of idealism and religion.
In any case, feuerbachs biography and the trajectory of his thinking are both. Ultimately, after suffering a stroke, ludwig feuerbach died on september, 1872. He is buried in the johannisfriedhof cemetery in nuremberg, germany. Preprints and working papers of the centre for advanced study in bioethics.
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