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The Essence of Christianity

Overview

The Essence of Christianity (German: Das Wesen des Christentums; historical orthography: Das Weſen des Chriſtenthums) is a book by Ludwig Feuerbach first published in 1841. It explains Feuerbach's philosophy and critique of religion.

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Philosophers who discussed The Essence of Christianity

• Friedrich Nietzsche
• The Ego and Its Own
• Martin Buber
• Young Marx
• Ludwig Feuerbach
• Friedrich Engels

Related ideas

• Max Stirner
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• George Eliot
• Philosophy
• The Ego and Its Own
• Atheism
• Karl Marx
• Marx's theory of alienation
• Materialism
• Masterpiece
• Social alienation
• Ludwig Feuerbach
• Friedrich Engels
• Humanism

Place in the tradition

Part of Atheism.

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