id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8801 Ludwig Feuerbach - Wikipedia .html text/html 4180 747 59 Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (German: [ˈluːtvɪç ˈfɔʏɐbax];[3][4] 28 July 1804 – 13 September 1872) was a German philosopher and anthropologist best known for his book The Essence of Christianity, which provided a critique of Christianity that strongly influenced generations of later thinkers, including Charles Darwin, Karl Marx,[5] Sigmund Freud,[6] Friedrich Engels,[7] Richard Wagner,[8] and Friedrich Nietzsche.[9] An associate of Left Hegelian circles, Feuerbach advocated atheism and anthropological materialism.[1] Many of his philosophical writings offered a critical analysis of religion. In part I of his book Feuerbach developed what he calls the "true or anthropological essence of religion." Treating of God in his various aspects "as a being of the understanding", "as a moral being or law", "as love" and so on. ^ a b c Harvey, Van A., "Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2008 Edition), Edward N. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8801.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8801.txt