It is a mistake committed by materialistic thought when it...

It is a mistake committed by materialistic thought when it regards the social experience as equal to the natural one, ignorant of the differences between the two. These differences are: a. Concerning the natural experience In this experience man deals with matter, which possesses no will to refuse or to resist. It responds to the law, and is forced to submit exactly to the movement of that law.

Whereas in the social experience, the dealing is with the human will which has the power to refuse or accept, and it is the will which handles the law, not the contrary. b. As for the natural laws, man utilizes them to his interests as soon as he discovers them. He cannot forge these interests or falsify the results. But he can fabricate the social laws,…