“In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough to suppose that mankind will surmount this neurotic phase, just as so many children grow out of their similar neurosis.”
― The Future of an Illusion
― The Future of an Illusion
“Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.”
― New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
― New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
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