Quotes by Materialism Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false. Henri Frederic Amiel vulgar materialism truth The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God. Henry Jacobsen materialism exclusion essence Invisible harmony is better than visible. Heraclitus harmony invisible materialism Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz. Janis Joplin benz materialism lord Now, science cannot completely exclude the possibility of supernatural explanation. It is possible though very unlikely that our whole world is controlled by elves. But supernatural explanations like these are simply never needed; we manage to understand the natural world just fine using reason and materialism. Jerry A. Coyne materialism reason world Dualism makes the problem insoluble; materialism denies the existence of any phenomenon to study, and hence of any problem. John Searle materialism study problem Materialism ends up denying the existence of any irreducible subjective qualitative states of sentience or awareness. John Searle materialism awareness ends We need to move away from crass, consumption-driven materialism by de-materialising status Jonathon Porritt materialism moving needs Marxism is not only the theory of socialism, it is an integral world outlook, a philosophical system, from which Marx’s proletarian socialism logically follows. This philosophical system is called dialectical materialism. Joseph Stalin materialism philosophical world Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism. Laurance Rockefeller materialism satisfaction people Sex is the mysticism of materialism. Malcolm Muggeridge mysticism materialism sex You cannot solve the problem by turning to communism, for communism is based on an ethical relativism and a metaphysical materialism that no Christian can accept. Martin Luther King, Jr. materialism problem christian There must be more to life than having everything. Maurice Sendak environmental materialism life Anything you lose automatically doubles in value. Mignon McLaughlin murphys-law materialism life The Feminist Standpoint: Developing the Ground for a Specifically Feminist Historical Materialism Nancy Hartsock materialism feminist historical Because a human is a someone and not a something, the source of human life must also be a Someone - not the blind, automatic forces of nature, as philosophies like naturalism and materialism tell us. Nancy Pearcey materialism blind philosophy It really is a very radical call ... to reject materialism as our central value and to think about the sanctity of life and what that really means if we take it seriously. Naomi Oreskes materialism mean thinking An intriguing paradox of the 1990s is that it isn't called a decade of greed. Paul Samuelson intriguing materialism greed Naturalism and materialism mean essentially the same thing. Philip Johnson materialism scary mean All of us experience the sad effects of blind submission to consumerism. In the first place it represents crass materialism. At the same time it represents a radical dissatisfaction because one quickly learns that the more one possesses, the more one wants, while deeper aspirations remain unsatisfied and perhaps even stifled. Pope John Paul II materialism want firsts «1234»
