Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (July 28 1804 – September 13 1872) was a German philosopher and anthropologist best known for his book The Essence of Christianity which provided a critique of Christianity which strongly influenced generations of later thinkers including both Karl Marx and Frederich Engels.An associate of Left Hegelian circles Feuerbach advocated liberalism atheism and materialism. Many of his philosophical writings offered a critical analysis of religion.
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Ludwig Feuerbach"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
