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Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: He who makes God act humanly, declares human activity to be divine[.]

He who makes God act humanly, declares human activity to be divine[.]

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: Man first unconsciously and involuntarily creates God in his own image, and after this God consciously and voluntarily creates man in his own image.

Man first unconsciously and involuntarily creates God in his own image, and after this God consciously and voluntarily creates man in his own image.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: Faith does not limit itself by the idea of a world, a universe, a necessity.

Faith does not limit itself by the idea of a world, a universe, a necessity.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: [O]mnipotence is nothing else than subjectivity exempting itself from all objective conditions and limitations[.]

[O]mnipotence is nothing else than subjectivity exempting itself from all objective conditions and limitations[.]

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: We are what we eat.

We are what we eat.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: The joys of theory are the sweetest intellectual pleasures of life

The joys of theory are the sweetest intellectual pleasures of life

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: [Theology is a] web of contradictions and delusions.

[Theology is a] web of contradictions and delusions.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: God is the mirror of man.

God is the mirror of man.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: [T]he present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original[.]

[T]he present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original[.]

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: Faith is essentially intolerant ... essentially because necessarily bound up with faith is the illusion that one's cause is also God's cause.

Faith is essentially intolerant ... essentially because necessarily bound up with faith is the illusion that one's cause is also God's cause.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: Love determined God to the renunciation of his divinity.

Love determined God to the renunciation of his divinity.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: Is it man that possesses love, or is it not much rather love that possesses man?

Is it man that possesses love, or is it not much rather love that possesses man?

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image.

It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: [M]an does not stand above this his necessary conception; on the contrary, it stands above him; it animates, determines, governs him.

[M]an does not stand above this his necessary conception; on the contrary, it stands above him; it animates, determines, governs him.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: God does not negative himself in the Incarnation, but he shows himself as that which he is, as a human being.

God does not negative himself in the Incarnation, but he shows himself as that which he is, as a human being.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: The belief in the immortality of man is the belief in the divinity of man[.]

The belief in the immortality of man is the belief in the divinity of man[.]

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: The power of miracle is the power of imagination.

The power of miracle is the power of imagination.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: The religion of Big Data sets itself the goal of fulfilling man's unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignores her attainable needs.

The religion of Big Data sets itself the goal of fulfilling man's unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignores her attainable needs.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: [T]ruth is considered profane, and only illusion is sacred

[T]ruth is considered profane, and only illusion is sacred

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: Man created God in his own image.

Man created God in his own image.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: A circle in a straight line is the mathematical symbol of miracle.

A circle in a straight line is the mathematical symbol of miracle.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: Christianity has in fact long vanished, not only from the reason but also from the life of mankind, and it is nothing more than a fixed idea.

Christianity has in fact long vanished, not only from the reason but also from the life of mankind, and it is nothing more than a fixed idea.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: It is as clear as the sun and as evident as the day that there is no God and that there can be none.

It is as clear as the sun and as evident as the day that there is no God and that there can be none.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: The idea of God is the ignorance which solves all doubt by repressing it.

The idea of God is the ignorance which solves all doubt by repressing it.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: We consume the air and we are consumed by it; we enjoy and are enjoyed.

We consume the air and we are consumed by it; we enjoy and are enjoyed.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: [M]an [has] the power of abstraction from himself[.]

[M]an [has] the power of abstraction from himself[.]

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: To every religion the gods of other religions are only notions concerning God, but its own conception of God is to it God himself, the true God.

To every religion the gods of other religions are only notions concerning God, but its own conception of God is to it God himself, the true God.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: If thy predicates are anthropomorphisms, the subject is an anthropomorphism too.

If thy predicates are anthropomorphisms, the subject is an anthropomorphism too.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: 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.

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 Feuerbach quotes: I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.

I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: What else is the power of melody but the power of feeling? Music is the language of feeling; melody is audible feeling - feeling communicating itself.

What else is the power of melody but the power of feeling? Music is the language of feeling; melody is audible feeling - feeling communicating itself.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: I do not regard the limits of the past and present as the limits of humanity of the future

I do not regard the limits of the past and present as the limits of humanity of the future

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: Everybody makes his own god(s).

Everybody makes his own god(s).

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: The law holds man in bondage; love makes him free.

The law holds man in bondage; love makes him free.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: [W]e people the other planets, not that we may place there different beings from ourselves, but more beings of our own and similar nature.

[W]e people the other planets, not that we may place there different beings from ourselves, but more beings of our own and similar nature.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: [I]f thou thinkest the infinite thou perceivest and affirmest the infinitude of the power of thought[.]

[I]f thou thinkest the infinite thou perceivest and affirmest the infinitude of the power of thought[.]

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: What yesterday was still religion is no longer such today; and what today is athesim, tomorrow will be religion.

What yesterday was still religion is no longer such today; and what today is athesim, tomorrow will be religion.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: [A] faith which does not believe what it fancies it believes[.]

[A] faith which does not believe what it fancies it believes[.]

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: [T]he world springs out of a want, out of privation, but it is false speculation to make this privation an ontological being.

[T]he world springs out of a want, out of privation, but it is false speculation to make this privation an ontological being.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: Only he is a truly ethical, a truly human being, who has the courage to see through his own religious feelings and needs.

Only he is a truly ethical, a truly human being, who has the courage to see through his own religious feelings and needs.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: If God were an object to the bird, he would be a winged being[.]

If God were an object to the bird, he would be a winged being[.]

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: He only is a true atheist to whom the predicates of the Divine Being - for example, love, wisdom and justice - are nothing.

He only is a true atheist to whom the predicates of the Divine Being - for example, love, wisdom and justice - are nothing.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: Der Mensch ist, was er isst. Man is what he eats.

Der Mensch ist, was er isst. Man is what he eats.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: In the consciousness of the infinite, the conscious subject has for his object the infinity of his own nature.

In the consciousness of the infinite, the conscious subject has for his object the infinity of his own nature.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: To know God and not oneself to be God, to know blessedness and not oneself to enjoy it, is a state of disunity or unhappiness.

To know God and not oneself to be God, to know blessedness and not oneself to enjoy it, is a state of disunity or unhappiness.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: [T]he object of any subject is nothing else than the subject's own nature taken objectively.

[T]he object of any subject is nothing else than the subject's own nature taken objectively.

Ludwig Feuerbach quotes: As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate.

As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate.