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Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life." Paul Tillich
Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life." Paul Tillich
Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
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- Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Paul Tillich: life dates 1886 to 1965. Wikidata Q60104, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60104 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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