We must make an idol of our fear, and that idol we shall call god.

Vi måste göra oss ett beläte av vår rädsla och det belätet ska vi kalla för Gud.

The Seventh Seal

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Topic

Fear Nature of God God

Speaker

Antonius Block

Actor

Max von Sydow

Source

The Seventh Seal

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy drama (film) Drama (film) Fantasy drama Drama

Language

Swedish

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Det sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.

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The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere.

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Topic
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Author

Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Source
Gift from the Sea
Language
English
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow. Gift from the Sea. Pantheon Books, 1955, ch. 2.

Another quote about God

I will call no being good, who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow-creatures; and if such a being can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go.

John Stuart Mill

Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy

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Topic
Goodness of God Nature of God God

Author

John Stuart Mill
Source
Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy
Medium
Essay
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1865 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1865, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. An Examination of Sir. William Hamilton's Philosophy. Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, edited by John M. Robson. Vol. 9, Routledge, 2009, ch. 7.

Another quote from the following genre Drama

If everything is imperfect in this world, love is perfect in its imperfection.

The Seventh Seal

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Topic
Nature of love Imperfection Love Fallen world
Speaker
Jöns
Actor
Gunnar Björnstrand
Source
The Seventh Seal
Medium
Film
Genre
Fantasy drama (film) Drama (film) Fantasy drama Drama
Language
Swedish
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Det sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.