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materialism
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tags: [philosophy]
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Definition:1. the obsession with material wealth or possessions2. (philosophy) a principle that only physical objects exist, viz. even thoughts and beliefs are due to interactions of physical matter in the brain
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'because I'm— I'm a materialist. [...] How can I have any dealings with a preposterous supernatural something which my reason forbids me to believe in? You see my difficulty? It would be inconsistent, to begin with, and— and extremely painful to both sides.'
F. Anstey. The Black Poodle and Other Tales (1896)
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there was a well-known professor of philosophy, who had come from Harkov expressly to clear up a difference that had arisen between them on a very important philosophical question. The professor was carrying on a hot crusade against materialists. Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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