She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
Proverbs 9:3 KJV
New International Version
She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,
Proverbs 9:3 NIV
- Materialism (Wikipedia)
Materialism is a form of philosophical monism which holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions of material things. According to philosophical materialism, mind and consciousness are by-products or epiphenomena of material processes (such as the biochemistry of the human brain and nervous system), without which they cannot exist. Materialism directly contrasts with idealism, according to which consciousness is the fundamental substance of nature.