Einstein's letter on religion was sold for nearly three million dollars

Albert Einstein's physics writing letter devoted to religious affairs was auctioned at Christie's for $ 2,892 million

It should be noted that the two-page letter, written to Princeton on January 3, 1954, is the response to the published book Choosing Life: "The Biblical Call to Revolt" by the German philosopher Erich Gutkind

"The word God is for me only one expression and a product of human weakness, and the Bible is a collection of venerated legends, but still rather primitive.An interpretation, as thin as it may be, can not (for me – ed.) to change anything in These exquisite interpretations are, of course, very diverse, but have practically nothing to do with the original text.

For me, the Jewish religion, like all the others, is the incarnation of the primitive superstition and the Jewish people, to which I am pleased to be. .. nothing better and worse than other human groups, even though it is protected from the worst excesses due to lack of power ", – writes Einstein.

Previously, "Direct" reported that Christie's auction house will auction the personal belongings of the late British Steven Hawking, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, writer and director of Theoretical Center of Theoretical Cosmology. 39, University of Cambridge, including his doctoral thesis and his wheelchair.

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