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Arthur Schopenhauer

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

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Schopenhauer is saying that religion shapes and controls people's thoughts much like how animals are trained to behave in certain ways. He views religion as a deliberate system that guides what individuals believe and how they process ideas.

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