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- Feuerbach posited that religion is a “ projection ” of ideal human values into the cosmos “out there”. In other words, religion is nothing more than a human projection or abstraction into the cosmos of ideas that have purely human origins.
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Sep 16, 2020 · Feuerbach posited that religion is a “ projection ” of ideal human values into the cosmos “out there”. In other words, religion is nothing more than a human projection or abstraction into the cosmos of ideas that have purely human origins.
But in the German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872) the privileging of Christian discourse and the distinction between vulgar religion and rational theism both dissolve, and all talk of God is unmasked as the product of human invention.
Ludwig Feuerbach was in his time perhaps the best known of the Left Hegelian philosophers. His critique of religion The Essence of Christianity (1841) almost instantaneously turned him into a figure of great renown. The book became the centre of controversy among an inquisitive and religiously aware German public.
The main focus of the chapter is Feuerbach’s most famous work, The Essence of Christianity. Feuerbach tries to argue that it is a mistake to think of God as an objective, transcendent entity that is fundamentally different from human beings, as is traditionally done in theology.
Whatever Feuerbach's place may be in the general course of modern philosophy, his contribution to the philosophy of religion and in particular to the philosophical interpretation of Christianity, emerges, in the light both of Marxism and of recent existentialism, as worthy of serious study.
Biographical Introduction. 2. Early Idealistic Pantheism. 3. Feuerbach as Historian of Philosophy. 4. The Critique of Christianity. 5. The “New” Philosophy. 6. The Later Theory of Religion. 7. The Naturalization of Ethics in Feuerbach’s Last Writings. Bibliography. Feuerbach Works. Other References. Academic Tools. Other Internet Resources.
5.6. Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872) Ludwig Feuerbach was a 19th century German philosopher and anthropologist. A student of Hegel, his ideas would greatly influence the thought of Karl Marx. Feuerbach was also a committed atheist and materialist whose work often focused on attacking the Christian faith.
