[PDF] The Essence Of Christianity eBook

Author : Ludwig Feuerbach
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 048611922X

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Did God create man? Or did man create God? Famed German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach explores the answer in this, his most influential work, published in German in 1841 and translated by celebrated English novelist George Eliot. Using Biblical references, dialectics, and ideas from some of the world's greatest thinkers, he confronts believers with his cogent explanation. Approaching religion from a humanistic perspective, Feuerbach explores the idea that divinity is an outward projection of our idealistic human nature. Asserting that nothing is higher than the perfection found in mankind, he proposes that a Supreme Being was created by man seeking comfort and relief from a hostile world, challenging tenets of Christianity from creation and the resurrection to faith and miracles. Feuerbach's critique of Hegelian idealism excited immediate international attention — influencing Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Friedrich Engels in particular. Thought-provoking and utterly compelling, this historically significant polemic is must reading for lifelong students of religion and philosophy.

Author : Ludwig Feuerbach
Publisher : Newcomb Livraria Press
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 28,81 MB
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Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 3989887092

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A New 2023 translation into English from the original manuscript, with an introduction, glossary of Feuerbachian terminology and a timeline of his life and works. "The Essence of Religion" is a philosophical work published in 1841 that critiques the nature and origins of religious belief, arguing for a Darwinian-historical origin for religion, and a materialistic worldview. In this work, Feuerbach argues that religion is a product of human imagination and projection, and that its true essence can only be understood by examining the human mind and its relationship to the natural world. Schopenhauer and Nietzsche both take their satirical criticism about religion from Feuerbach, and every aspect of Marxism can be found here in Marx's favorite Philosopher. Feuerbach is a critical figure in the development of not merely Marxism, but Materialistic Humanism in general. Feuerbach is critical to understanding Marx. This is Volume VI in the 2023 The Complete Works of Ludwig Feuerbach by Newcomb Livraria Press

Author : Ludwig Feuerbach
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 19,41 MB
Release : 2023-10-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :

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"The Essence of Christianity" by Ludwig Feuerbach is a philosophical masterpiece that challenges the very core of religious beliefs. Feuerbach, a prominent 19th-century philosopher, dives deep into the essence of Christianity, dissecting its principles, and offering a critical analysis of its theological foundations. Through his compelling arguments, he posits that God is, in fact, a projection of human ideals and aspirations. This book is a profound exploration of religion and spirituality, making it a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of philosophy and theology.

Author : Ludwig Feuerbach
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532646232

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This book, translated for the first time into English, presents the major statement of the philosophy of Ludwig Feuerbach. Here, in his most systematic work, Feuerbach’s thought on religion and on the philosophy of nature achieves its full maturity. Central to the thought of Feuerbach is the concept that man not God is the creator, that divinities are representations of man’s innermost feelings and ideas. Philosophy should turn from theology and speculative rationalism to sound factual anthropology. “My aim in these Lectures,” writes Feuerbach, “is to transform friends of God into friends of man, believers into thinkers, worshippers into workers, candidates for the other world into students of this world, Christians, who on their own confession are half-animal and half-angel, into men––whole men.”

Author : Ludwig Feuerbach
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 46,95 MB
Release : 2018-10-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3748129025

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Religion is the disuniting of man from himself; he sets God before him as the antithesis of himself. God is not what man is, man is not what God is. God is the infinite, man the finite being; God is perfect, man imperfect; God eternal, man temporal; God almighty, man weak; God holy, man sinful. God and man are extremes: God is the absolutely positive, the sum of all realities; man the absolutely negative, comprehending all negations. But in religion man contemplates his own latent nature. Hence it must be shown that this antithesis, this differencing of God and man, with which religion begins, is a differencing of man with his own nature. The inherent necessity of this proof is at once apparent from this,that if the divine nature, which is the object of religion, were really different from the nature of man, a division, a disunion could not take place. If God is really a different being from myself, why should his perfection trouble me? Disunion exists only between beings who are at variance, but who ought to be one, who can be one, and who consequently in nature, in truth, are one.

Author : Cardinal Walter Kasper
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 36,60 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 1587683652

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"This book has done me so much good." —Pope Francis From one the leading intellects in the church today—one whom Pope Francis has described as a "superb theologian"—comes perhaps his most important book yet. Available for the first time in English, Cardinal Kasper looks to capture the essence of the gospel message. Compassionate, bold, and brilliant, Cardinal Kasper has written a book which will be studied for generations.

Author : Gianni Vattimo
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 16,12 MB
Release : 2010-02-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0231520417

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The debate over the place of religion in secular, democratic societies dominates philosophical and intellectual discourse. These arguments often polarize around simplistic reductions, making efforts at reconciliation impossible. Yet more rational stances do exist, positions that broker a peace between relativism and religion in people's public, private, and ethical lives. Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith advances just such a dialogue, featuring the collaboration of two major philosophers known for their progressive approach to this issue. Seeking unity over difference, Gianni Vattimo and René Girard turn to Max Weber, Eric Auerbach, and Marcel Gauchet, among others, in their exploration of truth and liberty, relativism and faith, and the tensions of a world filled with new forms of religiously inspired violence. Vattimo and Girard ultimately conclude that secularism and the involvement (or lack thereof) of religion in governance are, in essence, produced by Christianity. In other words, Christianity is "the religion of the exit from religion," and democracy, civil rights, the free market, and individual freedoms are all facilitated by Christian culture. Through an exchange that is both intimate and enlightening, Vattimo and Girard share their unparalleled insight into the relationships among religion, modernity, and the role of Christianity, especially as it exists in our multicultural world.

Author : Ludwig Feuerbach
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 19,74 MB
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780915145270

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Principles Of The Philosophy Of The Future by Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach. Translated by Manfred Vogel

Author : Christophor Coppes
Publisher : SelectBooks, Inc.
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 10,1 MB
Release : 2013-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1590799682

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As we move away from worn-out dogma from both the religious and scientific realms toward a contemporary synthesis of understanding about our existence, Christophor's refreshing and comprehensive analysis of major religions in light of the profound lessons from numerous NDE journeyers offers a rich new tapestry of understanding that I find most valuable.