Skovorodnikoff was a materialist, a Darwinist, and considered every manifestation of abstract morality, or, worse still, piety, not only as contemptible and absurd but as an affront to his person.
Idealists, materialists, and ordinary mortals have been in agreement on one point: that they knew sufficiently what they meant by the words " mind" and " matter" to be able to conduct their debate intelligently.