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Chargement... The Fiery Brook: Selected Writingspar Ludwig Feuerbach
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Appartient à la série éditorialeRadical Thinkers (76 - Set 7(4))
Feuerbach's departure from the traditional philosophy of Hegel opened the door for generations of radical philosophical thought. His philosophy has long been acknowledged as the influence for much of Marx's early writings. Indeed, a great amount of the young Marx must remain unintelligible without reference to certain basic Feuerbachian texts. These selections, most of them previously untranslated, establish the thought of Feuerbach in an independent role. They explain his fundamental criticisms of the 'old philosophy' of Hegel, and advance his own humanistic thought, which finds its bases in life and sensuality. Feuerbach's contemporaneity as an existentialist, humanist, and atheist is clearly presented, and the reader can readily grasp the liberating influence of this too-long neglected philosopher. Professor Zawar Hanfi has written an excellent introduction establishing Feuerbach's environment, importance, and relevance and his translations surpass most previous Feuerbach translators. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The early, anti-Hegelian pieces are often rather muddled, and this feature evidently stems from a stylistic limitation (later overcome) to attempt always to present flawed and obsolete philosophies from their own "point of view," to "let each phenomenon speak for itself." (179 n.) The constructive progress of Feuerbach's views is evident, due to the choronological arrangement of the contents of this collection, and the recapitulation involved in the final "Fragments Concerning the Characteristics of My Philosophical Development." The preface to the second edition of The Essence of Christianity is far more incisive and persuasive than the introduction to the first.
Even in the "Preliminary Theses on the Reform of Philosophy" there is much unwelcome (to my mind) valorization of pain and suffering. In the later works, this gives way to an emphasis on enjoyment and love. Throughout, once Feuerbach has broken with the "theologians and speculative fantasts," he emphasizes the reciprocity of humanity with sensual nature, and the sovereignty of man--however unwitting--over the God he has created.
"The new and only positive philosophy ... is the thinking man himself" (169). It is "certainly based on reason as well, but on a reason whose being is the same as the being of man; that is, it is based not on an empty, colorless, nameless reason, but on a reason that is of the very blood of man" (239). "Truth is man and not reason in abstracto; it is life and not thought that remains confined to paper, the element in which it finds and unfolds its existence" (249). "Truth does not exist in thought, nor in cognition confined to itself. Truth is only the totality of man's life and being" (244, all italics in originals).
There is much development evident in the writings collected here, but the book ends on an appropriate note: "What am I? Is that your question? Wait until I am no more." (296) He still had "more" to him, as subsequent decades and major works would show, even if they are not addressed by this volume.