I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.
Ludwig FeuerbachThe 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.
Ludwig FeuerbachIf therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism โ at least in the sense of this work โ 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 FeuerbachThe task of the modern era was the realization and humanization of God โ the transformation and dissolution of theology into anthropology.
Ludwig FeuerbachChristianity set itself the goal of fulfilling manโs 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 Godโs 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 Feuerbach