The essence of the charge made against the modern high-status ideal is that it is guilty of effecting a gigantic distortion of priorities, of elevating to the highest level of achievement a process of material accumulation that should instead be only one of many factors determining the direction of our lives under a more truthful, more broadly defined conception of ourselves.
Alain de BottonStichwörter: priorities self-knowledge materialism achievement status
To wait at Monte Cristo for the purpose of watching like a dragon over the almost incalculable richs that had thus fallen into his possession satisfied not the cravings of his heart, which yearned to return to dwell among mankind, and to assume the rank, power, and influence which are always accorded to wealth — that first and greatest of all the forces within the grasp of man.
Alexandre DumasStichwörter: wealth materialism influence
Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before,
Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more.
Stichwörter: philosophy atheism materialism theism
Melancholy in a capitalist, like the appearance of a comet, presages some misfortune to the world.
Alexandre DumasStichwörter: materialism
Why does a steward steal? He steals because he's not sure he'll always remain with his master and wants to make his future secure.
Alexandre DumasStichwörter: security stewardship materialism faithfulness
Intelligent design theorists have learned a few lessons from the failures of their predecessors and have devised a more sophisticated strategy to compete head on with evolution. One of the main things they [intelligent design creationists] have learned is what not to say.
A major element of their strategy is to advance a form of creation that not only omits any explicit mention of Genesis but is also usually vague, if not mute, about any of the specific claims about the nature of Creation, the separate ancestry of humans and apes, the explanation of the earth's geology by catastrophic global flood, or the age of the earth - items that readily identified young-earth creationism as a thinly disguised biblical literalism.
Stichwörter: science philosophy ignorance evolution naturalism superstition materialism supernaturalism pseudoscience
Methodological naturalism is a “ground rule” of science today which requires scientists to seek explanations in the world around us based upon what we can observe, test, replicate, and verify
Robert T. PennockStichwörter: science naturalism scientists materialism scientific evidence verifiable methodological-naturalism falsifiable observable replicable testable
...in principle, one can predict everything in the universe solely from physical laws. Thus, the long-standing 'first cause' problem intrinsic in cosmology has been finally dispelled.
Li Zhi FangStichwörter: science nature universe quantum-physics naturalism cosmology physics materialism laws big-bang origin beginning-of-universe
The living cell is the most complex system of its size known to mankind. Its host of specialized molecules, many found nowhere else but within living material, are themselves already enormously complex. They execute a dance of exquisite fidelity, orchestrated with breathtaking precision. Vastly more elaborate than the most complicated ballet, the dance of life encompasses countless molecular performers in synergetic coordination. Yet this is a dance with no sign of a choreographer. No intelligent supervisor, no mystic force, no conscious controlling agency swings the molecules into place at the right time, chooses the appropriate players, closes the links, uncouples the partners, moves them on. The dance of life is spontaneous, self-sustaining, and self-creating.
Paul C.W. DaviesStichwörter: science life biology nature complexity evolution naturalism materialism molecules cells
If there is a void in your life then you will never fill it with cash!
Stephen RichardsStichwörter: materialism cash law-of-attraction material-possessions material-goods materialism-versus-spiritualism mind-power wealth-creation author-stephen-richards
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