But in the end one also has to understand that the needs
that religion has satisfied and philosophy is now supposed to satisfy are not
immutable; they can be weakened and exterminated. Consider,
for example, that Christian distress of mind that comes from sighing over ones
inner depravity and care for ones salvation -
all concepts originating in nothing but errors of reason and deserving, not
satisfaction, but obliteration.
from Nietzsche's Human,
all too Human, s.27, R.J. Hollingdale transl.
I understand the statement
to mean that what religion has provided and what philosophy is suppose to
satisfy is unable to be changed. In
other words, it is permanent or already established. As a result, this has brought dissatisfaction
to those who are inclined to be religious leading to destruction.
Today, many who have allowed
themselves to be disillusioned by religion have found themselves not knowing
the solution to life’s problems. Hence, they become distressed over problems
they face. They do not seem to have any
way out.
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