1703: Danylo Ostrianyn on Materialism, Norms, and Science
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/06/20
“One of the advanced fighters for the scientific, materialist worldview was the great Russian scientist I. I. Mechnikov, who made an enormous contribution to the treasury of Russian and world science.”
“An important feature of the development of philosophical thought in Ukraine and Russia in the pre-Soviet period was that materialist philosophy then developed through unofficial philosopher-professionals: mostly writers, natural scientists, and political figures.”
“The philosophical thought of every people, in different historical epochs, arose on the basis of using theories created in the past.”
“Philosophy, in a certain way, influenced all social life, which once again proved its relative independence as one of the forms of social consciousness.”
“The development of philosophical ideas may either outstrip the material life of society or lag behind it.”
“Ethical norms are not eternal, but are formed in the process of social life, upbringing, and education.”
“A person comes into the world morally pure, while moral defects are produced by an unjust social order, by living conditions, and by improper upbringing.”
“People’s views and convictions are formed in the process of life, learning, and upbringing, under the influence of the social environment.”
“Franko’s materialism is the theoretical foundation of his socio-political, revolutionary-democratic, and aesthetic views.”
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