A handwritten letter by Albert Einstein in which he grapples with the concept of religion is being
expected to fetch up to $1.5 million (£1.2m). The Nobel Prize-winning scientist, then 74, wrote
the one-and-a-half page note to German philosopher Eric Gutkind in response to one of his
works.
He was a German-born theoretical physicis who developed the theory of relativity, one of the
two pillars of modern physics. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to
theoretical physics.
"This remarkably candid, private letter was written a year before Einstein's death and remains
the most fully articulated expression of his religious and philosophical views," a statement from
the auction house says. In the letter, written in his native German, Einstein takes issue with the
belief in God.
"The word God is for me nothing but the expression and product of human weaknesses," he
writes. "The Bible a collection of venerable but still rather primitive legends." It continues: "No
interpretation, no matter how subtle, can [for me] change anything about this." The physicist
also muses on his own Jewish identity, writing that it is "like all other religions, an incarnation of
primitive superstition".
"The Jewish people to whom I gladly belong, and in whose mentality I feel profoundly anchored,
still for me does not have any different kind of dignity from all other peoples," he writes.
It is not the first time Einstein's letters have been put up for auction. Last year, a note written to
an Italian chemistry student who had refused to meet him sold for $6,100
It was sold alongside a number of other letters from Einstein, including a 1928 note that went
for $103,000, in which he set out his thoughts for his third stage of the theory of relativity.
In 2017, a note in which he gave advice on happy living sold for $1.56m in Jerusalem.
A single sentence, it reads: "A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit
of success and the constant restlessness that comes with it.
GUYS, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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Tee Ruby
This ones have already sold their soul to the devil, so dey can never believe in the existence of God
John Asukwo
None of the famous scientists before and after Einstein ever really believed in the existence of the true God; so, Einstein's is not a surprise.
Of course what really makes one a scientist is one denying the existence of God and showing some experimental proofs he/she thinks is disproving God's existence.
Believe me, a true scientist knows there is God; but his/ her difficulty is how to prove with experimental procedures that what is called God can conducted in the laboratory for others to see.
But God just allows them to wallow in their heresy by hiding himself in simplicity -- something as simple as a blade of grass.
Of course what really makes one a scientist is one denying the existence of God and showing some experimental proofs he/she thinks is disproving God's existence.
Believe me, a true scientist knows there is God; but his/ her difficulty is how to prove with experimental procedures that what is called God can conducted in the laboratory for others to see.
But God just allows them to wallow in their heresy by hiding himself in simplicity -- something as simple as a blade of grass.
Endy Edeson
@John; You mean Scientists want to proof the existence of God in laboratory. That's strange. Anyways, what matters most is upright life no matter what the person believes or not
Endy Edeson
UPDATE;
A handwritten letter by Albert Einstein in which the physicist doubts the existence of God was auctioned on Tuesday for $2.89 million.
It was a record for an Einstein letter and far surpassed its estimated value of $1.0-1.5 million
A handwritten letter by Albert Einstein in which the physicist doubts the existence of God was auctioned on Tuesday for $2.89 million.
It was a record for an Einstein letter and far surpassed its estimated value of $1.0-1.5 million
