Whereas Hegel thought that he had reconciled religion with his Idea of Absolute Mind, Feuerbach wanted to see religion as an example of an alienated or estranged consciousness.

• 黑格尔之后对于黑格尔哲学的两种不同解释孕育了两个不同的：“老年黑格尔主义”毫无批判地接受了黑格尔的观点，“青年黑格尔”则想通过运用黑格尔的辩证法继续观念的革命（见后述）。