To a child who dies, and to the parents of this child, will you speak, if religion consoles them, in praise of atheism? That one does not mistake: that, to my mind, does not prove anything against atheism and much against religion. "The heart of a heartless world, said Marx, the soul of soulless conditions." It is misery that makes religion, and it is why this one is miserable. Who would prohibit opium to a dying man? And what are we, out of oblivion or entertainment, anything else but dying?
Necessary, since every moment in our lives is marked by death, like a shadow from another realm, it appear to us like a vanishing point for everythin… - Andre Comte-Sponville
Necessary, since every moment in our lives is marked by death, like a shadow from another realm, it appear to us like a vanishing point for everythin…
- Andre Comte-Sponville
To a child who dies, and to the parents of this child, will you speak, if religion consoles them, in praise of atheism? That one does not mistake: th… - Andre Comte-Sponville
To a child who dies, and to the parents of this child, will you speak, if religion consoles them, in praise of atheism? That one does not mistake: th…
Atheism is a way of humility. It's to think oneself to be an animal, as we are actually and to allow oneself to become human. - Andre Comte-Sponville
Atheism is a way of humility. It's to think oneself to be an animal, as we are actually and to allow oneself to become human.
All fear is imaginary, reality is its antidote. - Andre Comte-Sponville
All fear is imaginary, reality is its antidote.
The simple person lives the way he breathes, with no more effort or glory, with no more affectation and without shame Simplicity is freedom, buoyancy… - Andre Comte-Sponville
The simple person lives the way he breathes, with no more effort or glory, with no more affectation and without shame Simplicity is freedom, buoyancy…
Everything is complex and everything is simple. The rose has no why attached to it, it blooms because it blooms, how no thought of itself, or desire … - Andre Comte-Sponville
Everything is complex and everything is simple. The rose has no why attached to it, it blooms because it blooms, how no thought of itself, or desire …
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