Baron d'Holbach: Quotes about God

Baron d'Holbach was French-German author, philosopher, encyclopedist. Explore interesting quotes on god.

Baron d'Holbach: 18 quotes 10 likes

“All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God.”

Baron d'Holbach

ibid., chap. 30

God , Children , Idea

“Now, if the ignorance of nature gave birth to Gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.”

Baron d'Holbach

La Système de la nature; quoted in The Law of Reason, published by J. Thompson, p. 40.
Variant: Now, if the ignorance of nature gave birth to Gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.

God , Birth , Nature , Knowledge

“Savage and furious nations, perpetually at war, adore, under diverse names, some God, conformable to their ideas, that is to say, cruel, carnivorous, selfish, blood-thirsty.”

Baron d'Holbach

ibid., preface

God , War , Idea , Selfishness