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In short, then, the religious cult is based upon the representations of sorcery between man and man, and the sorcerer is older than the priest.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Age: 55 †
Born: 1844
Born: October 15
Died: 1900
Died: August 25
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