Single Idea 2887

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

Full Idea

I have absolutely no knowledge of atheism as an outcome of reasoning, still less an event: with me it is obvious by instinct.

Gist of Idea

I am not an atheist because of reasoning or evidence, but because of instinct

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Ecce Homo [1889], 3.1)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Ecce Homo', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1992], p.21