Nietzsche on Deities.
For the highest images in every religion there is an analogue in a state of the soul. The God of Mohammed--the solitude of the desert, the distant roar of a lion, the vision of a terrible fighter. The God of the Christians--everything that men and women associate with the word "love." The God of the Greeks--a beautiful dream image.
Nietzsche
from The Portable Nietzsche (p. 49)
What do you think? Is he right on or way off, or somewhere in between?
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
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