The present age... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.


The Essence of Christianity (1841)

Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach Quotes

The present age... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence... for in these ...

The present age... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence... for in these ...

The present age... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence... for in these ...

The present age... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence... for in these ...