Marx exceeded Feuerbach by grounding human essence in social relations.

Evidence

For Marx, Feuerbach simply resolved religion into its “human essence.” But the point was to “rethink” human essence as “the ensemble of social relations.” Thus, the Left Hegelians unmasked the “truly human roots” of religion: Marx unmasked the historical roots of the Left Hegelians. He called this his “settling of accounts” with his “erstwhile philosophic conscience.” — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 327

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• XREF: connects to: Marx’s Second Thesis on Feuerbach locates truth as a practical, not theoretical, question — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 1675