Sigmund Freud's intensive reading of Ludwig Feuerbach

In 1874-1875, as a secondyear student at the University of Vienna, Sigmund Freud intensively read the works of the philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach. Flistorians of psychoanalysis have recognized Feuerbach's influence on Freud, especially in relation to questions of religion, but the deeper appreciation of Feuerbach's influence has yet to be fathomed. At the time Freud praised Feuerbach as the man whom I revere and admire most among all …