The veneration of mighty invisible beings, which was extorted from helpless man through natural fear rooted in the sense of his impotence …
• Book IV, Part 2, Section 3
• Book IV, Part 2, Section 3
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Die Verehrung mächtiger unsichtbarer Wesen, welche dem hülflosen Menschen durch die natürliche, auf dem Bewusstsein seines Unvermögens gegründete Furcht abgenöthigt wurde, …
— Immanuel Kant
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Die Verehrung mächtiger unsichtbarer Wesen, welche dem hülflosen Menschen durch die natürliche, auf dem Bewusstsein seines Unvermögens gegründete Furcht abgenöthigt wurde, …" in the context of "The veneration of mighty invisible beings, which was extorted from helpless man through natural fear rooted in the sense of his impotence …
• Book IV, Part 2, Section 3" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Immanuel Kant" (Quotes, Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone (1793): Full text in German
Full Text in English 1838 translation)
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