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When, in their older, more instinctive knowledge, men had a view of what they called the divine being, they needed no proofs. The proofs of the existence of God began their life in historical evolution only when the view was lost. Proofs begin everywhere when there is no view.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"6. 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Soll ich beweisen, daß gestern hier ein Mensch in diesem Raume war, so werde ich einen Beweis nur dann benötigen, wenn ich den Menschen nicht selbst hier gesehen habe. So ist es im Grunde mit allen Beweisen, so ist es auch in der geschichtlichen Entwickelung der Menschheit mit den Beweisen. Als in älterer, instinktiver Erkenntnis die Menschen eine Anschauung von dem hatten, was sie das göttliche Wesen nannten, da brauchten sie keine Beweise. Die Beweise für das Dasein Gottes begannen ihr Leben in der geschichtlichen Entwickelung erst dann, als die Anschauung verloren war. 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