Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1972), the immensely influential German philosopher of the 19th century, wrote his most important work The Essence of Christianity in 1841.
This text, and this author, occupies a significant place in the history of modern philosophy..
The Essence of Christianity shows Feuerbach in full force as an influential member of a new breed of German philosophers.
Like Nietzsche, Feuerbach made the claim that Christianity need be deconstructed and repudiated for true civil progress to occur.
Feuerbach works his way through his tractate via the skepticism established by Hegel and Spinoza, among others.
This displacement, he argues, fundamentally alters notions of consciousness.
A staunch atheist, Feuerbach argues that Christianity has wrongfully projected and displaced elements of the human mind onto nonexistent supernatural, religious objects.
Here is his sharp criticism of Christianity.
Feuerbach is often considered the philosopher who bridged Hegel and Marx.
Combined with his numerous other writings, The Essence of Christianity contributed to the development of dialectical materialism.
Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1972), the immensely influential German philosopher of the 19th century, wrote his most important work The Essence of Christianity in 1841
