Philosopher

Opium of the people

Overview

Karl Marx's description of religion: “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.”

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Philosophers who discussed Opium of the people

• Karl Marx
• Raymond Aron

Ideas Opium of the people discusses

• Heinrich Heine
• Vladimir Lenin
• German language
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• Marxists Internet Archive
• Karl Marx
• Miguel de Unamuno
• Novalis
• Religion
• Spain
• Social class
• Cheondoism
• Organized religion
• Haymarket Books
• Revolutionary socialism
• Proletariat
• Donald Trump
• Church of England
• Bruno Bauer

Place in the tradition

Part of Antireligion.

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