materialist

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Materialist thinkers like Hobbes—who argued that ghosts “are in no place; that is to say, that are no where; that is to say, that seeming to be somewhat, are nothing”—were met with fierce opposition.

From Economist • Oct. 26, 2017

Materialist Holmes, with his suppleness, curiosity and gusto, was perennially young; Socialist Laski, with his dogmas and his immense learning, was prematurely old.

From Time Magazine Archive

The readings are intensive and far-ranging, include Materialist Ludwig Feuerbach, Existentialist Paul Tillich, as well as the doctor angelicus, St. Thomas.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like that book, The Master of the House treats of the Christ story; but Authoress Hall, longtime a Council member of the Society for Psychical Research, has ideas about Christ that would wilt Materialist Moore.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nor do I now see, any more than I saw then, how any Materialist can rationally avoid the Neo-Malthusian position.

From Annie Besant An Autobiography by Besant, Annie Wood