>>28155309Religion is philosophy in a way the masses can understand because, philosophy per se, is inherently incomrehensible to the masses.
'Philosophy is by its nature something esoteric, neither made for the mob nor capable of being prepared for the mob'.
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
'Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. How is it possible that society should escape destruction if the moral tie is not strengthened in proportion as the political tie is relaxed? And what can be done with a people who are their own masters if they are not submissive to the Deity?'
- Alexis de Tocqueville, 'De La Démocratie en Amérique'
'It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in providence, than to see their real import or value'.
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 'Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte'
