A full length book would be required for an adequate critique of Dialectic Materialism, In a short review all that is possible is a few cursory notes. The fundamental assumptions are that there is no God, no after-life, and no soul—matter is the measure of all things. No attempt ís made to justify this position, Though it underlies the whole of the book, it is so much taken for granted that itis rarely discussed. There is far more in the book than crude mechanistic materialism, however, quite large sections of it are given up to refuting mechanism. Probably indeed it is the most brilliant attempt ever made to construct an adequate philosophy while denying spiritual reality. The attempt, however, though brilliant, is a failure. Much of the book is utter nonsense.
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