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Ludwig Feuerbach.
 

There are 12 critical essays on Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach.

Critical Essays on Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach
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Critical Essay by Kit R. Christensen
12,084 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following essay, Christensen delves into Feuerbach's fundamental assertion that human essence is found in community, and his depiction of “the dialectical interplay between commonality and self-individuation.”
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Critical Essay by Marx W. Wartofsky
10,323 words, approx. 34 pages
In the following excerpt from his full-length study of Feuerbach's philosophy, Wartofsky asserts that Feuerbach's dissertation De ratione, una, universali, infinita defines the initial position of his thought while foreshadowing later developments, including a future break with the rationalist-idealist mode of Hegel.
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Critical Essay by Charles N. R. McCoy
8,259 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, McCoy considers Feuerbach's work as a transitional step between the thought of Hegel and Marx, and evaluates the cogency of his naturalist-humanist critique of philosophy.
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Critical Essay by Allan D. Galloway
6,691 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following lecture, Galloway questions some of the more reductive assessments of Feuerbach's philosophy and emphasizes Feuerbach's efforts to locate a continuity between the human and natural sciences in his Principles of the Philosophy of the Future.
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Critical Essay by Charles A. Bennett
6,024 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following excerpt, Bennett explicates Feuerbach's interpretation of religion, particularly his contention that the infinite should be associated with humanity as opposed to God, and comments on the modernity of this view as well as its limitations.
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Critical Essay by Rodney Taylor
5,937 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, Taylor traces the influence of Spinozan metaphysics on the conception of death outlined in Feuerbach's treatise Thoughts on Death and Immortality.
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Critical Essay by Patrick Masterson
5,314 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following excerpt, Masterson discusses the means by which Feuerbach, in his critique of religion, laid the groundwork for a contemporary, atheistic worldview.
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Critical Essay by Robert H. Lowie
4,360 words, approx. 15 pages
In the following essay, Lowie summarizes the key elements of Feuerbach's thought, and proclaims him to be a pivotal figure in modern philosophy.
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Critical Essay by Ernest Renan
3,398 words, approx. 11 pages
In the following essay, Renan finds fault with Feuerbach's view of Christianity.
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Critical Review by Charles Taylor
3,096 words, approx. 10 pages
In the following review, originally broadcast on January 6, 1978, Taylor reviews Marx W. Wartofsky's influential work Feuerbach, and suggests that Feuerbach should not be seen as merely a transitional figure between Hegel and Marx.
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Critical Essay by Friedrich Engels
2,998 words, approx. 10 pages
In the following essay, originally published in 1888, Engels deems Feuerbach's conception of morality worthless due to its excessive abstraction.
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Critical Essay by Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz
2,177 words, approx. 7 pages
In the following excerpt, Tatarkiewicz surveys the position of Feuerbach's thought in relation to naturalism, German idealism, and materialism.


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