Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach on Philosophy
1804–1872 Germany
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To theology, … only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.
Lectures on the Essence of Religion (1851)
The present age... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.
The Essence of Christianity (1841)
I have only found the key to the cipher of the Christian religion, only extricated its true meaning from the web of contradictions and delusions called theology.
Let it be remembered that atheism — at least in the sense of this work — is the secret of religion itself; that religion itself, not indeed on the surface, but fundamentally, not in intention or according to its own supposition, but in its heart, in its essence, believes in nothing else than the truth and divinity of human nature.
The Essence of Christianity (1841)