"Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man’s……" — Ludwig Feuerbach
"Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man’s unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires. By promising man eternal life, it deprived him of temporal life, by teaching him to trust in God’s help it took away his trust in his own powers; by giving him faith in a better life in heaven, it destroyed his faith in a better life on earth and his striving to attain such a life. Christianity gave man what his imagination desires, but for that very reason failed to give him what he really and truly desires."
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Ludwig Feuerbach
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25 Quotes by Ludwig Feuerbach
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I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.
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If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism — at least in the sense…
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To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.
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The joys of theory are the sweetest intellectual pleasures of life
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In the consciousness of the infinite, the conscious subject has for his object the infinity of his own nature.
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