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. - Sigmund Freud (The Future Of An Illusion Quotes)

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.[Die Religion einer Kindheitsneurose vergleichbar sei, und er ist optimistisch genug anzunehmen, daß die Menschheit diese neurotische Phase überwinden wird, wie so viele Kinder ihre ähnliche Neurose auswachsen.]

Source:(W. W. Norton, ed. 1961), Chapter X, Page 53
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