Atheism

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God is dead: but as the human race is constituted, there will perhaps be caves for millenniums yet, in which people will show his shadow.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Gay Science

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Topic

Existence of God God Decline of religion Atheism Human nature

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Source

The Gay Science

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1882 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 108.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Joyous Science, translated by R. Kevin Hill. Penguin Classics, 2019, bk. 3, no. 108.

We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

Richard Dawkins

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Atheism

Author

Richard Dawkins

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Dawkins, Richard. "Snake Oil and Holy Water." Forbes ASAP, 4 Oct. 1999.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

Francis Bacon

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Atheism Philosophy Faith

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Atheism Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Of Atheism." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Atheism." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.

David Foster Wallace

2005 Kenyon College commencement address

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Topic

Nature of God Worship Atheism

Speaker

David Foster Wallace

Source

2005 Kenyon College commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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Original Citation

Wallace, David Foster. Commencement address at Kenyon College. Commencement. 21 May 2005, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, USA.

Current Citation

Wallace, David Foster. This is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion about Living a Compassionate Life. Little, Brown and Company, 2009.

Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.

Heywood Broun

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Atheism

Author

Heywood Broun

Source

A New Preface to an Old Story

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Broun, Heywood. "A New Preface to an Old Story." Broun's Nutmeg, 19 Aug. 1939.

He was an embittered atheist (the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him).

George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London

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Atheism

Author

George Orwell

Source

Down and Out in Paris and London

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Orwell, George. Down and Out in Paris and London. Victor Gollancz, 1933, ch. 30.

It is a curious thing, do you know, Cranly said dispassionately, how your mind is supersaturated with the religion in which you say you disbelieve.

James Joyce

The Egoist

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Atheism Religion

Speaker

Cranley

Author

James Joyce

Source

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Egoist

Medium

Novel Magazine

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

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Original Citation

Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man." The Egoist. 2 Feb. 1914 - 1 Sept. 1915. Serial.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by John Paul Riquelme. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, ch. 5.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

Psalm 14:1

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Topic

Existence of God Atheism

Source

Psalms The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 14:1).

Let us pray to God... The bastard! He doesn't exist!

Samuel Beckett

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Prayer Atheism Existence of God God

Speaker

Hamm

Author

Samuel Beckett

Source

Endgame

Medium

Play

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Beckett, Samuel. Fin de partie. Directed by Roger Blin. Performed by Roger Blin, Jean Martin, Georges Adet, and Christine Tsingos. 3 Apr. 1957, Royal Court Theatre, London, England, UK.

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.

George Santayana

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Atheism Man and the universe

Author

George Santayana

Source

On My Friendly Critics Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Santayana, George. "On My Friendly Critics." Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies. Charles Scribner's Sons/Constable and Co., 1922.