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==== Ancient Greeks ====
Einstein expressed his admiration for the Ancient Greek philosophers, pointing out that he had been far more interested in them than in science. He also noted; "The more I read the Greeks, the more I realize that nothing like them has ever appeared in the world since.”

== See also ==

Political views of Albert Einstein
Religious views of Isaac Newton

== References ==

== Further reading ==
Fox, Kieran (2025). I Am a Part of Infinity: The Spiritual Journey of Albert Einstein. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-1-5416-0357-8.
Einstein, Albert (2009). Einstein on Cosmic Religion and Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1 ed.). Newburyport: Dover Publications, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-486-11312-8. Essays by Einstein from the 1930s and 40s.

== External links ==
The Reason for Life: What They Believe: Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Leo Tolstoy - by Waltenegus Dargie
World Science Festival (2015-03-12). "The Genius of Einstein: The Science, His Brain, the Man". YouTube. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
Einstein's God - talk by Walter Isaacson, FORA.tv
"Einstein's "I don't believe in God" letter has sold on eBay..." Archived 2015-12-09 at the Wayback Machine, 23 October 2012
Albert Einstein's "God Letter" fetches US $2,400,000 at Christie's New York auction house on 4 December 2018 [3]