Feuerbach

[ foi-er-bahkh, -bahk; German foi-uhr-bahkh ]

/ ˈfɔɪ ərˌbɑx, -ˌbɑk; German ˈfɔɪ ərˌbɑx /

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noun

Ludwig An·dre·as

[ahn-drey-uhs, an-; German ahn-drey-ahs], /ɑnˈdreɪ əs, æn-; German ɑnˈdreɪ ɑs/, 1804–72, German philosopher.

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feudalize, feudal system, feudatory, feu de joie, feudist, Feuerbach, Feuillant, feuilleton, FEV, fever, fever blister

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How to use Feuerbach in a sentence

Feuerbach returned in his critique of religion from the fantastical heights of abstraction to physical man.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy|Joseph Dietzgen
But is God nothing but "an infinite sigh at the bottom of the heart," as Feuerbach, the holiest of infidels, sadly says?
Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School|Elizabeth P. Peabody
Moleschott respected Parker; Dessor was his confidential friend; Feuerbach would have taken him by the hand as a brother.
Recollections and Impressions|Octavius Brooks Frothingham
That colour is the genuine expression of the temperament reveals itself clearly enough in Feuerbach.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther

In his first drawings he begins boldly; one knows his hand and says: “Only Feuerbach can have done that.”
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther

British Dictionary definitions for Feuerbach

Feuerbach

/ (German ˈfɔɪərbax) /

noun

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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