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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg on Atheism

1742–1799 Germany

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With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.

Aphorisms (1765)

Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoitre the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox will eventually occupy.

Aphorisms (1765)

And I thank the Lord a thousand times that he let me become an atheist.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.