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...our philosophy has preserved essential traits of animistic modes of thought such as the over-estimation of the magic of words and the belief that r...more

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Religious doctrines … are all illusions, they do not admit of proof, and no one can be compelled to consider them as true or to believe in them.

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Religion has clearly performed great services for human civilization. It has contributed much towards the taming of the asocial instincts. But not eno...more

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Only a rebuke that 'has something in it' will sting, will have the power to stir our feelings, not the other sort, as we know.