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> [ Theology is Anthropology... \[T\]he distinction which is made, or rather supposed to be made, between the theological and anthropological predicates resolves itself into an absurdity. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/theology-is-anthropology-t-he-distinction-which-is-made-or-rather/)

[Ludwig Feuerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-feuerbach/)

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> [The task of the modern era was the realization and humanization of God – the transformation and dissolution of theology into anthropology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/the-task-of-the-modern-era-was-the-realization-and-humanization-of/)

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## Other authors on Anthropology

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kurt-vonnegut-58049.jpg) Kurt Vonnegut 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anthropology/kurt-vonnegut/)

## More by Ludwig Feuerbach

> [“As Israel made the wants of his national existence the law of the world, as under the dominance of these wants he deified even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/as-israel-made-the-wants-of-his-national-existence-the-law-of-the/)

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> [“Religion annexes to its doctrines a curse and a blessing … Blessed is he that believeth, cursed is he that believeth not. Thus it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/religion-annexes-to-its-doctrines-a-curse-and-a-blessing-blessed-is/)

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> [While Socrates empties the cup of poison with unshaken soul,Christ exclaims,'If it is possible, let this cup pass from me'.Christ in this respect is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/while-socrates-empties-the-cup-of-poison-with-unshaken-soul-christ/)

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> [Is it man that possesses love, or is it not much rather love that possesses man?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/is-it-man-that-possesses-love-or-is-it-not-much-rather-love-that/)

[Ludwig Feuerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-feuerbach/)

> [“Because of … this concentration of all that is universal and real in one personal being, God is a deeply moving object, enrapturing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/because-of-this-concentration-of-all-that-is-universal-and-real-in/)

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> [“The salvation of the soul is the fundamental idea, the main point in Christianity; … this salvation lies only in God … But God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/the-salvation-of-the-soul-is-the-fundamental-idea-the-main-point-in/)

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> ["Can any good come out of Nazareth?" This is always the question of the wiseacres and the knowing ones. But the good, the new,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/can-any-good-come-out-of-nazareth-this-is-always-the-question-of-the/)

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> [ “\[T\]o think God is therefore to affirm what God is, to establish the being of God as an act. That God is thought, cognised,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/t-o-think-god-is-therefore-to-affirm-what-god-is-to-establish-the/)

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> [“The essence of faith … is the idea that that which man wishes actually is: he wishes to be immortal, therefore he is immortal;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/the-essence-of-faith-is-the-idea-that-that-which-man-wishes-actually/)

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> [ “\[H\]eavenly personality, or the perpetuation of human personality in heaven is nothing else than personality released from all earthly encumbrances and limitations\[.\] \[H\]ere we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/h-eavenly-personality-or-the-perpetuation-of-human-personality-in/)

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> [“In Christianity … morality is even made the criterion of piety; but ethics have nevertheless a subordinate rank, they have not in themselves a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/in-christianity-morality-is-even-made-the-criterion-of-piety-but/)

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> [ “\[A\]lthough the deeds opposed to love which mark Christian religious history, are in accordance with Christianity, and its antagonists are therefore right in imputing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/a-lthough-the-deeds-opposed-to-love-which-mark-christian-religious/)

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> [“The heavenly life is no other than that which is, already here below, distinguished from the merely natural life … That which the Christian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/the-heavenly-life-is-no-other-than-that-which-is-already-here-below/)

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> [ “\[T\]he religious expression is: Man is the image of God, or a being akin to God; - for according to religion man does not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/t-he-religious-expression-is-man-is-the-image-of-god-or-a-being-akin/)

[Ludwig Feuerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-feuerbach/)

> [It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/it-is-not-as-in-the-bible-that-god-created-man-in-his-own-image-but/)

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