“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.”
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George Santayana (1863-1952), Spanish-American philosopher and cultural critic. His reflections on belief systems encourage critical thinking about the values we adopt and the assumptions we inherit.
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