Feuerbach identified Christ precisely as the plastic personality

Evidence

Feuerbach was not mistaken when he claimed, in The Essence of Christianity, that Christ ‘is the unity of feeling and imagination’, and concluded: ‘Only Christ is the plastic personality (die plastische Persönlichkeit ist nur Christus). Figure (Gestalt) belongs to personality. Figure is the effective reality of personality. Only Christ is the personal God (Christus allein ist der persönliche Gott).’ — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 889

Categorization

• XREF: The word ‘plastic personality’ here directly names the plasticity concept central to the reader’s project — Malabou quoting Feuerbach on Christ as figure/Gestalt giving personality effective reality.
• SEED: Feuerbach’s ‘only Christ is the plastic personality’ could anchor an essay on how figure/Gestalt is indispensable to personhood, and what happens when a self is defined by its capacity to take and give form.