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'''[[:w:Materialism|Materialism]]''' is constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns. In philosophy, the theory of materialism holds that all things are composed of material, and that all emergent phenomena (including consciousness) are the result of material properties and interactions.
'''[[:w:Materialism|Materialism]]''' is constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns. In philosophy, the theory of materialism holds that all things are composed of material, and that all emergent phenomena (including consciousness) are the result of material properties and interactions.
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== Quotes ==
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* He was troubled by materialism.
* He was troubled by materialism.
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** [[G. K. Chesterton]] ''Orthodoxy'' (1908) Chapter II : The Maniac
** [[G. K. Chesterton]] ''Orthodoxy'' (1908) Chapter II : The Maniac
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*But the materialist's [[world]] is quite simple and solid, just as the madman is quite sure he is sane. The materialist is sure that [[history]] has been simply and solely a chain of [[causation]], just as the interesting person before mentioned is quite sure that he is simply and solely a chicken. Materialists and madmen never have doubts.
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**[[G.K. Chesterton]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=xojrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT16 The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, Volume 1], p.16
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*The modern materialists are not permitted to [[doubt]]; they are forbidden to [[believe]].
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**[[G.K. Chesterton]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=UEKpd2A4fP8C&pg=PA32 G. K. Chesterton: Philosopher Without Portfoli], p.32
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[[File:Discovery rollout ceremony.jpg|right|thumb|[[Benjamin Disraeli]]:The [[Europe]]an talks of progress because by the aid of a few [[w:Timeline of scientific discoveries|scientific discoveries]] he has established a [[society]] which has mistaken [[comfort]] for [[civilisation]].]]
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[[File:Gorskii 04412u.jpg|right|thumb|[[w:Arthur Charles Erickson|Arthur Charles Erickson]]:This great, though disastrous, [[culture]] can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the [[world]].]]
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[[File:Bloch-SermonOnTheMount.jpg|right|thumb|[[Thomas Jefferson]]:...a great reformer of the [[w:Hebrew|Hebrew]] code of [[religion]], it is not to be understood that I am with him [Jesus] in all his [[doctrines]]. I am a Materialist, he takes the side of [[w:Spiritualism|spiritualism]]; he preaches the [[efficacy]] of [[repentance]] toward [[forgiveness]] of [[sin]]. I require a [[w:Counterpoise|counterpoise]] of good works to [[redeem]] it... Among the sayings & discourses imputed to him by his biographers, I find many passages of fine [[imagination]], correct [[morality]], and of the most lovely [[benevolence]]:...]]
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[[File:Jeorg Breu Elder A Question to a Mintmaker c1500.png|right|thumb|[[Christopher Hitchens]]:To what faults do you feel most [[w:Indulgence|indulgent]]? To the ones that arise from urgent material needs.]]
* From our vantage, materialism is not a neutral, value-free, minimalist position from which to pursue inquiry. Rather, it is itself an ideology with an agenda. What’s more, it requires an evolutionary creation story to keep it afloat. On scientific grounds, we regard that creation story to be false. What’s more, we regard the ideological agenda that has flowed from it to be destructive to rational discourse. Our concerns are therefore entirely parallel to the evolutionists’. Indeed, all the evolutionists’ worst fears about what the world would be like if we succeed have, in our view, already been realized through the success of materialism and evolution. Hence, as a strategy for unseating materialism and evolution, the term "Wedge" has come to denote an intellectual and cultural movement that many find congenial.
* From our vantage, materialism is not a neutral, value-free, minimalist position from which to pursue inquiry. Rather, it is itself an ideology with an agenda. What’s more, it requires an evolutionary creation story to keep it afloat. On scientific grounds, we regard that creation story to be false. What’s more, we regard the ideological agenda that has flowed from it to be destructive to rational discourse. Our concerns are therefore entirely parallel to the evolutionists’. Indeed, all the evolutionists’ worst fears about what the world would be like if we succeed have, in our view, already been realized through the success of materialism and evolution. Hence, as a strategy for unseating materialism and evolution, the term "Wedge" has come to denote an intellectual and cultural movement that many find congenial.
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** [[William A. Dembski]] (ed.) (2006). ''Darwin's nemesis: Phillip Johnson and the intelligent design movement.''
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** [[William A. Dembski]] (ed.) (2006). ''Darwin's nemesis: Phillip Johnson and the intelligent design movement.''
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*The [[world]] says: "You have [[needs]] -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly [[doctrine]] of today. And they believe that this is [[freedom]]. The result for the rich is [[w:Isolation|isolation]] and [[suicide]], for the [[poor]], [[envy]] and [[murder]].
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**[[w:Fyodor Dostoyevsk|Fyodor Dostoyevsk]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=QdHEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT2151 The Idiot (Classic Novel)], p.2151
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*This is the even-handed dealing of the world!" he said. "There is nothing on which it is so hard as [[poverty]]; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of [[wealth]]!
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**[[Charles Dickens]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=dGUQVV1dSikC&pg=PT104 A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings], p.104
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*The [[Europe]]an talks of progress because by the aid of a few [[w:Timeline of scientific discoveries|scientific discoveries]] he has established a [[society]] which has mistaken [[comfort]] for [[civilisation]].
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**[[Benjamin Disraeli]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=A0xZ2mB1ZC4C&pg=PT21 The Secret Path], p.21
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*This great, though disastrous, [[culture]] can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the [[world]].
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**[[w:Arthur Charles Erickson|Arthur Charles Erickson]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=tBFwiApGAyUC&pg=PT69 Atheists, Agnostics, Progressive Minds], p.69
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*To what faults do you feel most [[w:Indulgence|indulgent]]? To the ones that arise from urgent material needs.
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**[[Christopher Hitchens]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=BS3i-Mz3I_UC&pg=PT556 Hitch 22: A Memoir], p.556
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*There must be something in it, as yet totally ununderstood by us, perhaps something founded on a totally unknown [[relationship]] between [[w:Body|body]] and [[spirit]]. For even if we know very little that is certain about spirit or soul, the true nature of the body, of materiality, is totally unknown and incomprehensible to us.
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**[[Wilhelm von Humboldt]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=jXcIAQAAIAAJ Humanist without portfolio: an anthology of the writings of Wilhelm von Humboldt], p.123
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*...a great reformer of the [[w:Hebrew|Hebrew]] code of [[religion]], it is not to be understood that I am with him [Jesus] in all his [[doctrines]]. I am a Materialist, he takes the side of [[w:spiritualism|spiritualism]]; he preaches the [[efficacy]] of [[repentance]] toward [[forgiveness]] of [[sin]]. I require a [[w:counterpoise|counterpoise]] of good works to [[redeem]] it... Among the sayings & discourses imputed to him by his biographers, I find many passages of fine [[imagination]], correct [[morality]], and of the most lovely [[benevolence]]: and others again of so much [[ignorance]], so much [[absurdity]], so much untruth, [[w:charlatanism|charlatanism]], and [[w:Imposture|imposture]], as to pronounce it impossible that such contradictions should have proceeded from the same being.
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**[[Thomas Jefferson]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=eOYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19 Literary Port Folio, Volumes 1-26], p.19
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*Materialism sets us free from sin-by proving that there is no such thing as [[sin]]. There's just antisocial behavior, which we can control with measures like laws and educational programs.”
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**[[Phillip E. Johnson]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=U5nuAAAAMAAJ Defeating Darwinism by opening minds], p.119
* I understand that you have an economic system in America known as Capitalism. Through this economic system you have been able to do wonders. You have become the richest nation in the world, and you have built up the greatest system of production that history has ever known. All of this is marvelous, but Americans, there is the danger that you will misuse your Capitalism. I still contend that money can be the root of all evil. It can cause one to live a life of gross materialism. I am afraid that many among you are more concerned about making a living than making a life.
* I understand that you have an economic system in America known as Capitalism. Through this economic system you have been able to do wonders. You have become the richest nation in the world, and you have built up the greatest system of production that history has ever known. All of this is marvelous, but Americans, there is the danger that you will misuse your Capitalism. I still contend that money can be the root of all evil. It can cause one to live a life of gross materialism. I am afraid that many among you are more concerned about making a living than making a life.
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* The sole "property" of matter with whose recognition philosophical materialism is bound up is the property of being an objective reality, of existing outside the mind.
* The sole "property" of matter with whose recognition philosophical materialism is bound up is the property of being an objective reality, of existing outside the mind.
** [[Vladimir Lenin]] ''[http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1908/mec/index.htm Materialism and Empirio-Criticism]'' (1908) ''Collected Works'', Vol. 14
** [[Vladimir Lenin]] ''[http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1908/mec/index.htm Materialism and Empirio-Criticism]'' (1908) ''Collected Works'', Vol. 14
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[[File:Group of Breaker boys. Smallest is Sam Belloma.jpg|right|thumb|[[w:George Saunders|George Saunders]]: You don't want to be that [[parent]] - the one who dresses his [[kid]] in a cloth sack when all the other kids are in Armani cloth sacks - especially in a time like ours, when materialism is not only [[rampant]] and ascendant but is fast becoming the only game in town.]]
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[[File:Gold Bars.jpg|thumb|right|[[E.F. Schumacher]]:An attitude to [[life]] which seeks fulfilment in the single-minded pursuit of [[wealth]] - in short, materialism - does not fit into this [[world]], because it contains within itself no limiting [[principle]], while the [[environment]] in which it is placed is strictly limited.]]
* Materialism is the recognition of "objects in themselves", or outside the mind; ideas and sensations are copies of images of those objects.
* Materialism is the recognition of "objects in themselves", or outside the mind; ideas and sensations are copies of images of those objects.
** [[Vladimir Lenin]] ''Materialism and Empirio-Criticism'' (1908)
** [[Vladimir Lenin]] ''Materialism and Empirio-Criticism'' (1908)
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* [[Sex]] is the [[mysticism]] of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.
* [[Sex]] is the [[mysticism]] of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.
** [[Malcolm Muggeridge]], BBC1 TV broadcast (21 October 1963), as quoted in "The American Way of Sex", in ''Muggeridge Through the Microphone'' (1967)
** [[Malcolm Muggeridge]], BBC1 TV broadcast (21 October 1963), as quoted in "The American Way of Sex", in ''Muggeridge Through the Microphone'' (1967)
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*Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism.
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**[[w:Laurance Spelman Rockefeller|Laurance Spelman Rockefeller]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=EPciqXbEDuUC&pg=PA53 U-Turn: What If You Woke Up One Morning and Realized You Were Living the ...], p.53
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*We need [[leadership]] that can elevate [[religion]] and [[morality]] to their position of paramount importance and thus eliminate growing [[selfishness]], [[w:Immorality|immorality]] and materialism.
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**[[w:George W. Romney|George W. Romney]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=nUIOAQAAMAAJ Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, Volume 25, Part 3], p.2388
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*You don't want to be that [[parent]] - the one who dresses his [[w:Child|kid]] in a cloth sack when all the other kids are in Armani cloth sacks - especially in a time like ours, when materialism is not only [[rampant]] and ascendant but is fast becoming the only game in town.
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**[[w:George Saunders|George Saunders]], in [http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/10/this-week-in-fiction-george-saunders.html This Week in Fiction: George Saunders]
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*An attitude to [[life]] which seeks fulfilment in the single-minded pursuit of [[wealth]] - in short, materialism - does not fit into this [[world]], because it contains within itself no limiting [[principle]], while the [[environment]] in which it is placed is strictly limited.
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**[[E.F. Schumacher]], in [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=2LRLmzTmbzoC&pg=PA65 Ecology and Utility: The Philosophical Dilemmas of Planetary Management], p.65
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