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COSIMO CLASSICS The Essence of Christianity by Ludwig Feuerbach Translated by George Eliot
German philosopher and anthropologist LUDWIG ANDREAS VON FEUERBACH (18041872) was a powerful influence on Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Feuerbachs atheism is reflected in their socialist philosophies and that humanized theologyessentially a rational approach to understanding concepts of God and Christianitygets its greatest exploration here. In The Essence of Christianitythis is the classic 1853 translation of the 1841 German originalFeuerbach discusses the true or anthropological root of religion exploring how everything from the nature of God to the mysteries of mysticism and prayer can be viewed through such a prism. He goes on to examine the false essences of religion including contradictions in ideas of the existence of a deity and then how God and religion are merely expressions of human emotion. This is essential background reading for understanding everything from Marxs Communist Manifesto to modern apolitical philosophies of atheism.show more