The concept of God was for a long time the place where the idea was kept alive that there are other norms besides those to which nature and society give expression in their operation. (Max Horkheimer)

The concept of God was for a long time the place where the idea was kept alive that there are other norms besides those to which nature and society give expression in their operation.

Max Horkheimer

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