The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Ep. 356: Feuerbach Against Theology (Part Two)

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. Get more at <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/">partiallyexaminedlife.com</a>. Visit <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/support" rel="noopener" target="_blank">partiallyexaminedlife.com/support</a> to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsors: Have up to a $100 donation to effective charities matched at <a href="https://givewell.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank" title="">GiveWell.org</a>. Learn about St. John's College at <a href="https://sjc.edu/pel" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">sjc.edu/pel</a>. Learn about Mark's spring Core Texts in philosophy class at <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/core-texts-spring-2025/" title="">partiallyexaminedlife.com/class.</a> Buy the PEL book for someone cool at <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/book/" title="">partiallyexaminedlife.com/book</a>.

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