Materialist Quotes

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Darwinism as presented by Darwin contradicted idealistic philosophy, and this contradiction grew deeper with the development of its materialist teaching. — Trofim Lysenko
Socialism and capitalism are both essentially materialist, just different ways of approaching the lifeless world of matter and deciding how to share the spoils. — Iain McGilchrist
Awe is not a very comfortable standpoint for many people... Hence, all about us today, we see avoidance of awe-by burying ourselves in materialist science,… — Kirk J. Schneider
And I, a materialist who does not believe in the starry heaven promised to a human being, for this dog and for every dog I… — Pablo Neruda
The artist's mission is to make the soul perceptible. Our scientific, materialist culture trains us to develop the eyes of outer perception. Visionary art encourages… — Alex Grey
By nature, I am a materialist... It is exactly these impingements upon our sense of touch and so forth that I'm interested in. — Carl Andre
The Christian is quite free to believe that there is a considerable amount of settled order and inevitable development in the universe. But the materialist… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Entrepreneurial creation is the generation, de novo, of novelty and surprise- freedom of choice originating in the world of ideas, and imagination beyond all concern… — George Gilder
A materialist feminist approach to women's oppression destroys the idea that women are a 'natural group' . . . What the analysis accomplishes on the… — Monique Wittig
As a myth of national purpose and as a program for individual conduct, the simple life has, in a sense, served as the nation's conscience,… — David Shi
In place of an intensive cooperation among artists, there is a battle for goods. Hatred, partisanship, cliques, jealousy, and intrigues are the natural consequences of… — Wassily Kandinsky
A major fault, for example, is the fact that, along with the materialist principle, Darwin introduced into his theory of evolution reactionary Malthusian ideas. — Trofim Lysenko
I think the materialist conception of history is valid. — Christopher Hitchens
Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man… — Imran Khan
The materialist doctrine that men are products of circumstances and upbringing, and that, therefore, changed men are products of other circumstances and changed upbrinding, forgets… — Karl Marx
I am, indeed, an absolute materialist so far as actual belief goes; with not a shred of credence in any form of supernaturalismâ€”religion, spiritualism, transcendentalism,… — H P Lovecraft
The materialist theory of history, that all politics and ethics are the expression of economics, is a very simple fallacy indeed. It consists simply of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The materialist is sure that history has been simply and solely a chain of causation, just as the [lunatic] is quite sure that he is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge. — Lionel Blue
The mysteries of creation are marvelous. When two persons meet at any time or place, the differences between them are patent. Their forms and manners… — Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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