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Single Idea 2906

[filed under theme 28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism ]

Full Idea

We deny God; in denying God we deny accountability; only by doing that do we redeem the world.

Gist of Idea

By denying God we deny human accountability, and thus we redeem the world

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 5.8)

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.54