1st Edition

Heaven Wasn't His Destination The Philosophy of Ludwig Feuerbach

By William B. Chamberlain Copyright 1941
    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    If forced to state Feuerbach’s philosophical genealogy, one would have to say that he was son of Hegel, father of Marx, and half-brother of Comte. In his own day he had many a celebratory and many a vilifier. His philosophy has received very little direct treatment in the English language. Feuerbach’s contribution was in his writings on religion and philosophy, each of them a manifesto to humanity, telling us that the desires of men can be satisfied here below.

    The object of this book, first published in 1941, is twofold. It is its intention to pay humble tribute to a little understood philosopher whose stature grows with the years, and in so doing perhaps to provide a key to the question of religion and personal immortality for those who reject philosophical idealism and a personal God.

    Preface  Introduction  1. Idealism and Positivism  2. The Essence of Christianity  3. Immortality  4. Feuerbach and German Literature  5. Philosophy of the Future  6. Feuerbach and Marx

    Biography

    Chamberlain, William B.