Ep. 356: Feuerbach Against Theology (Part Two)

Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. We dig in and start our detailed treatment of Ludwig Feuerbach's essay "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843). Feuerbach claims that people don't realize that the entity they worship is really just whatever it is about humanity and the world that we value, wrongly posited as an independent entity. So God is a mirror for any given society. Sponsors: Have up to a $100 donation to effective charities matched at GiveWell.org. Learn about St. John's College at sjc.edu/pel. Learn about Mark's spring Core Texts in philosophy class at partiallyexaminedlife.com/class. Buy the PEL book for someone cool at partiallyexaminedlife.com/book. The post Ep. 356: Feuerbach Against Theology (Part Two) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.