“ In our country it is only among the upper classes that you find unbelievers; men who have lost the root or spirit of their faith ”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot (1874). copy citation
Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
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Source | The Idiot |
Topic | faith spirit |
Date | 1874 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Translated by Eva Martin |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2638/2638-h/2638-h.htm |
Context
“Atheism is the child of Roman Catholicism—it proceeded from these Romans themselves, though perhaps they would not believe it. It grew and fattened on hatred of its parents; it is the progeny of their lies and spiritual feebleness. Atheism! In our country it is only among the upper classes that you find unbelievers; men who have lost the root or spirit of their faith; but abroad whole masses of the people are beginning to profess unbelief—at first because of the darkness and lies by which they were surrounded; but now out of fanaticism, out of loathing for the Church and Christianity!””
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