A photographer lifts a camera, fighting for the perfect shot. Some writers call materialism a plague that distracts us from deeper meaning and even excludes the divine. Others argue that science should stay beyond turning into a purely materialistic philosophy.
![“If we do want to do that [ colonise space to survive, ], then vacuous materialism is not going to be enough for us.” quote by Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8c5/quentin-s-crisp-4149_enough_if-we-do-want-to-do-that-colonise-space_40648.jpg)
![“I do not think anyone can read the letters which passed between Clarke and [Anthony] Collins without admitting that Collins, who writes with wonderful Power and closeness of reasoning, has by far the best of the argument, so far as the possible materiality of the soul goes; and that in this battle…” quote by Thomas Henry Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a4e/thomas-henry-huxley-14414_anthony-collins_i-do-not-think-anyone-can-read-the-lette_785635.jpg)
![“Miller believes, like many theists, that religion brings us beyond the bounds of materialism. (Ironically he insists on a material explanation [evolution] for our existence.) However, he fails to explain how religion does this. Will religion enable us to overcome Heisenberg's Uncertainty…” quote by G.M. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e52/g-m-jackson-38985_adultery_miller-believes-like-many-theists-that-r_3161205.jpg)
![“[Letter to his wife, Natalia Sedova] In addition to the happiness of being a fighter for the cause of socialism, fate gave me the happiness of being her husband. During the almost forty years of our life together she remained an inexhaustible source of love, magnanimity, and tenderness. She…” quote by Leon Trotsky](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/daa/leon-trotsky-2558_atheism_letter-to-his-wife-natalia-sedova-in-add_3090545.jpg)
