Immanuel Kant, Lectures on Ethics as transcribed by Georg Ludwig Collins (Cambridge University Press: 1997), p. 111.

Godlessness is a kind of shameless wickedness which bids defiance to the punishments that the idea of God inspires in us.

— Immanuel Kant on Atheism

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About Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804), born Emanuel Kant, was a German philosopher.