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Friedrich Nietzsche tells the story of a madman
who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly, “I seek God!” As many of those who do not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Why, did he get lost? said one. Did he lose his way, said another? . . . Thus they yelled and laughed. The madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his glances.
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me
(Blaise Pascal, Les Pensées)
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Sprintzen, D. (2009). Living in a World Without God: An Overview. In: Critique of Western Philosophy and Social Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230101777_2
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