“Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion.”
Source: 1920s, The Future of an Illusion (1927), Ch. 7
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The Future of an Illusion
The Future of an Illusion is a 1927 work by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in which Freud discusses religion's origins, development, and its future. He provides a psychoanalysis of religion, which he views as a false belief system.
Source: 1920s, The Future of an Illusion (1927)
Source: 1920s, The Future of an Illusion (1927), Ch. 10
Es braucht nicht gesagt zu werden, daß eine Kultur, welche eine so große Zahl von Teilnehmern unbefriedigt läßt und zur Auflehnung treibt, weder Aussicht hat, sich dauernd zu erhalten, noch es verdient.
Source: 1920s, The Future of an Illusion (1927)
Source: 1920s, The Future of an Illusion (1927), Ch. 6
Variant: Where questions of religion are concerned, people are guilty of every possible sort of dishonesty and intellectual misdemeanor.
Source: 1920s, The Future of an Illusion (1927), Ch. 6
