Feuerbach

American  

[foi-er-bahkh, -bahk, foi-uhr-bahkh] / ˈfɔɪ ərˌbɑx, -ˌbɑk, ˈfɔɪ ərˌbɑx /

noun

1. Ludwig Andreas 1804–72, German philosopher.

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Feuerbach British  

/ ˈfɔɪərbax /

noun

1. Ludwig Andreas (ˈluːtvɪç anˈdreːas). 1804–72, German materialist philosopher: in The Essence of Christianity (1841), translated into English by George Eliot (1853), he maintained that God is merely an outward projection of man's inner self

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Example Sentences

Depending on the outcome, Feuerbach’s ideas might turn out to be correct on a molecular level he could not have anticipated.

From Nature

In his essay, Feuerbach opined that the uprising of the German people had failed because they ate too many potatoes.

From Nature

In the mid-nineteenth century, German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach reviewed a monograph on the influence of food chemicals on the make-up and function of the body.

From Nature

"While we didn't test that specifically, I think it's a reasonable assumption," Feuerbach says.

From National Geographic

His home contained artifacts and writings from several world religions, as well as busts of his favorite philosophers, Ludwig Feuerbach and David Friedrich Strauss, both of whom viewed Jesus as a moral person but not the son of God.

From Washington Post