Religious Philosophy: (Chinese First Edition,)

Author: Hegel (Germany)
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Religion Philosophy is one of the important works of the renowned German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) and holds long-standing value in the fields of theology and philosophy. As one of the most influential philosophers in the realm of German classical philosophy, Hegel's Religion Philosophy pioneers a philosophical approach to deeply, incisively, and systematically contemplate and elaborate on the diverse religious phenomena. This book compiles Hegel's Lectures on Religion Philosophy, Lectures on the Proof of the Existence of God, as well as his early religious works The Life of Jesus, The Spirit of Christianity and Its Fate, and Fragments of the System of 1800. Hegel regarded religion as the manifestation and resolution of profound historical and contemporary contradictions and conflicts. He rejects blind worship of God and the anthropomorphic conception of God, as well as dependence on God, advocating instead for grasping God through thought. Hegel's religious philosophy falls within the category of atheistic history. It inevitably replaces the naive atheism of Enlightenment thinkers who viewed religion as deception. Hegel reveals the systematic emergence and development of religious belief, and his natural conclusion is that religious belief will self- and eventually decline.