Fuerbach's Beliefs

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Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach was born in Landshut, Bavaria in 1804. As the son of an eminent professor of jurisprudence, he studied theology and philosophy. Receiving his doctorate in philosophy from Erlangen. Feuerbach taught on the history of philosophy, logic, and metaphysics for four years at Erlangen, following the receipt of his doctorate. His position there was terminated after he was identified as the anonymous writer of published work titled Thoughts on Death and Immortality. It suggested Christianity was an egoistic, inhumane religion and criticized belief in personal immorality. As a result he spent the rest of his life as an independent scholar.
Feuerbach believes that our belief in the existence of God was established as the result

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