Religious ideas have arisen from the same need as have all the other achievements of civilization: from the necessity of defending oneself against the crushingly superior force of nature. - Sigmund Freud (The Future Of An Illusion Quotes)

Religious ideas have arisen from the same need as have all the other achievements of civilization: from the necessity of defending oneself against the crushingly superior force of nature.[Die religiösen Vorstellungen aus demselben Bedürfnis hervorgegangen sind wie alle anderen Errungenschaften der Kultur, aus der Notwendigkeit, sich gegen die erdrückende Übermacht der Natur zu verteidigen.]

Source:(W. W. Norton, ed. 1961), Chapter IV, Page 21
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