I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.
Ludwig FeuerbachStichwörter: inspirational truth devil character falsehood angel
The task of the modern era was the realization and humanization of God – the transformation and dissolution of theology into anthropology.
Ludwig FeuerbachStichwörter: science theology anthropology humanization modern-era
God did not, as the Bible says, make man in His image; on the contrary man, as I have shown in The Essence of Christianity, made God in his image.
Ludwig FeuerbachStichwörter: bible the-bible image in-his-image
[T]ruth is considered profane, and only illusion is sacred
Ludwig FeuerbachThe 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.
Ludwig FeuerbachStichwörter: inspirational love knowledge reason energy power will thought character perfection
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.
Ludwig FeuerbachStichwörter: imagination life truth reason power heaven goal trust desires earth failure destruction desire eternal-life temporal temporal-life unattainable-desire
If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, 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.
Ludwig FeuerbachStichwörter: inspirational truth atheism human-nature intention essence irreligious atheistic
Though I myself am an atheist, I openly profess religion in the sense just mentioned, that is, a nature religion. I hate the idealism that wrenches man out of nature; I am not ashamed of my dependency on nature; I openly confess that the workings of nature affect not only my surface, my skin, my body, but also my core, my innermost being, that the air I breathe in bright weather has a salutary effect not only on my lungs but also on my mind, that the light of the sun illumines not only my eyes but also my spirit and my heart. And I do not, like a Christian, believe that such dependency is contrary to my true being or hope to be delivered from it. I know further that I am a finite moral being, that I shall one day cease to be. But I find this very natural and am therefore perfectly reconciled to the thought.
Ludwig FeuerbachStichwörter: natural nature sun atheism hope idealism atheist moral dependence finite
As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate.
Ludwig FeuerbachStichwörter: reading books book 1833 abelard-and-heloise
To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.
Ludwig FeuerbachStichwörter: wisdom philosophy theology true sacred
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