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Ludwig feuerbach 18041872 taking issue with hegels sense that god, as logos, is somehow central to all that is, feuerbach explores his own notion that christianity, as religion, grew quite naturally from ordinary human observation. Elliot, knowing that deutsche and english are part of the same lingusitic family, like a ballerina, makes the essence of christianity a gift to you. The essence of christianity ludwig feuerbach halaman 11 with religion, in the second with theology. The essence of christianity ludwig feuerbach, george eliot full view 1855. The book is often considered a classic of humanism and the authors magnum opus. Publication date 1854 usage public domain topics religion philosophy, christianity. The essence of christianity download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Click download or read online button to get ludwig feuerbach book now. Using biblical references, dialectics, and ideas from some of the worlds greatest thinkers, he confronts believers with his cogent explanation. To start her literary career, george eliot began translating german theological texts into english. Now as to the second reason of feuerbachs obscurity, he was an intellectual acquaintance with other hegelians of his time, and they included friedrich engels and karl marx. With one blow it pulverised the contradiction, in that without circumlocutions it placed materialism on the throne again. I say chiefly, for it was impossible to exclude theology from the first part, or religion from the second.
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