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FEUERBACH'S PHILOSOPHY

FEUERBACHÆS PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE: I AM HUMAN AND BELIEVE THAT NOTHING HUMAN IS ALIEN TO ME

The purpose of this paper is to examine the philosophical model of Ludwig Feuerbach (1957, 1986). In particular, the paper attempts to answer three primary questions with the goal of explicating the essential philosophical postulates and principles of FeuerbachÆs perspective. These questions are:

(1) How is it that FeuerbachÆs assertion ôI am human and believe nothing human is alien to me,ö has come to be considered the motto of the ônew philosopher?ö

(2) What connection does FeuerbachÆs basic assertion (motto) have to Hegelian philosophy?

(3) In what sense can Feuerbach be viewed as a founder of secular humanism?

FeuerbachÆs Assertion and the New Philosophers.

FeuerbachÆs (1957, 1986) assertion, ôI am human, and believe nothing human is alien to meö is best understood as the expression of a perspective that places humankind at the core of all attempts at a philosophical understanding of truth and reality. Contrasting this to earlier philosophical notions (the old philosophers), Harvey (1997) points out that up until Feuerbach expressed his views, human beings in philosophical thought were thinking beings who were essentially conceptualized as abstract minds to which bodies hardly belonged. This emphasis upon the mind of man as the epitome of both his nature and the source whereby his nature was best understood constituted the core concept of the philosophical models that preceded Feuerbach.

However, with FeuerbachÆs (1957, 1986) assertion, human nature and human beings were characterized in a quite different manner. Mankind was now seen as a collective of real, physical and sensuous beings. The body and the ego were essentially equated. Unlike the ôold philosophers,ö the new philosophers rooted themselves and their thinking in the senses and philosophical inquiry shifted from a view that attempted t...

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FEUERBACH'S PHILOSOPHY. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 20:33, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1700988.html