The first and highest law must be the love of man to man. Homo homini Deus est - this is the supreme practical maxim, this is the turning point of the world's History. — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
“As Israel made the wants of his national existence the law of the world, as under the dominance of these wants he deified even… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
“Religion annexes to its doctrines a curse and a blessing … Blessed is he that believeth, cursed is he that believeth not. Thus it… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
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… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
Is it man that possesses love, or is it not much rather love that possesses man? — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
“Because of … this concentration of all that is universal and real in one personal being, God is a deeply moving object, enrapturing to… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
“The salvation of the soul is the fundamental idea, the main point in Christianity; … this salvation lies only in God … But God… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
"Can any good come out of Nazareth?" This is always the question of the wiseacres and the knowing ones. But the good, the new,… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
“[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,… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
“The essence of faith … is the idea that that which man wishes actually is: he wishes to be immortal, therefore he is immortal;… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
“[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… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
“In Christianity … morality is even made the criterion of piety; but ethics have nevertheless a subordinate rank, they have not in themselves a… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
“[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… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
“The heavenly life is no other than that which is, already here below, distinguished from the merely natural life … That which the Christian… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
“[T]he religious expression is: Man is the image of God, or a being akin to God; - for according to religion man does not… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share
