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Amongst these, for instance, who are at present
living apart from religion in Germany, I find “free-
thinkers " of species and origin, but above
all a majority of those in whom laboriousness from
generation to generation has dissolved the religious
instincts; so that they no longer know what purpose
religions serve, and only note their existence in the
world with a kind of dull astonishment.
Amongst these, for instance, who are at present
living apart from religion in Germany, I find “free-
thinkers " of species and origin, but above
all a majority of those in whom laboriousness from
generation to generation has dissolved the religious
instincts; so that they no longer know what purpose
religions serve, and only note their existence in the
world with a kind of dull astonishment.
Nietzsche - v12
