“The satires of Isaiah against the makers of idols of wood and gold apply just as much to the makers of conceptual idols. the simple man sculpts a bit of wood and prostrates himself: "You are my God"...The intelligent man sculpts a concept and does likewise. And he thinks he got there because he has made a god of his own size!”

Henri Le Saux

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