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Religion is the dream of the human mind. But even in dreams we do not find ourselves in emptiness or in heaven, but on earth, in the realm of reality; we only see real things in the entrancing splendor of imagination and caprice, instead of in the simple daylight of reality and necessity.

— Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach The Essence of Christianity (1841)

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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 first philosophers were astronomers. The heavens remind man … that he is destined not merely to act, but also to contemplate.

The Essence of Christianity (1841)

The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man.

The Essence of Christianity (1841)

The history of philosophical system is the picture gallery of reason.

Towards a Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy (1839)

God is for man the commonplace book where he registers his highest feelings and thoughts, the genealogical album into which he enters the names of the things most dear and sacred to him.

The Essence of Christianity (1843)

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