Character Quote 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…

— Ludwig Feuerbach

“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

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

Is it man that possesses love, or is it not much rather love that possesses man?

— 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…

— Ludwig Feuerbach

“The salvation of the soul is the fundamental idea, the main point in Christianity; … this salvation lies only in God … But God…

— Ludwig Feuerbach

"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

“[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

“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

“[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

“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

“[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