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Feuerbach, Ludwig

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Feuerbach, Ludwig (1804–72). German philosopher and religious thinker whose theory of projection greatly influenced, among others, Karl Marx. In The Essence of Christianity (1841) and then again in Principles of the Philosophy of the Future (1843), Feuerbach argued that God is humanity's self-alienated essence projected onto a cosmic screen: in worshipping God, people are simply worshipping themselves. Theology is reduced without remainder to anthropology. Anything less leads necessarily to contradictions.

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Feuerbach, Ludwig

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Feuerbach, Ludwig (1804–72), German philosopher and critic of the Bible, whose most influential work, Das Wesen des Christentums (The Essence of Christianity, 1841), had a great influence on European thought. It was translated by G. Eliot.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Feuerbach, Ludwig." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Feuerbach, Ludwig." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-FeuerbachLudwig.html

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