“The mind-stuff of the world is, of course, something more general than our individual conscious minds… It is difficult for the matter-of-fact physicist to accept the view that the substratum of everything is of mental character. But no one can… — Arthur Stanley Eddington Copy Share Image
“There is inevitably a chicken-and-the-egg character to any debate as to whether economic growth produces its appropriate mental character or is produced by it. Most sociologically-minded historians are naturally biased in favour of the view that changes in beliefs are… — Keith Thomas Copy Share Image