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As soon as a religion comes to dominate, it has as its opponents all those who would have been its earliest disciples. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Attribution: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher, classical scholar, critic of culture. Friedrich Nietzsche, Sämtliche Werke: Kritische Studienausgabe, vol. 2, p. 119, eds. Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, Berlin, de Gruyter (1980). Human, All-Too-Human, “The Religious Life,” aphorism 118, “Change of Roles,” (1878).

Categories: Classical Scholar, Critic Of Culture, Philosopher, Religion

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