Mal:Religion er opium for folket.
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| Opphav | Karl Marx |
| Kjelde |
Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie (bok) |
| År | 1844 |
| Opphavleg mål | tysk |
| «Religion [...] er opium for folket.» |
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Die Religion ist der Seufzer der bedrängten Kreatur, das Gemüt einer herzlosen Welt, wie sie der Geist geistloser Zustände ist. Sie ist das Opium des Volkes. To engelske omsetjingar:
- Religious distress is at the same time the expression of real distress and the protest against real distress. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions.
- Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
Kontekst
Sitatet er frå innleiinga av boka, MEW 1, S. 378, 1844
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