"Do you believe then that the sciences would……" — Friedrich Nietzsche
"Do you believe then that the sciences would ever have arisen and become great if there had not before hand been magicians, alchemists, astrologers and wizards, who thirsted and hungered after abscondite and forbidden powers?"
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If there were gods, how could I endure not to be a god? Therefore there are no gods.
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The last Christian died on a cross.
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