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1 " It is a well known fact that even among highly cultured peoples the belief in animism prevails generally. Even the scholar may kick the chair against which he accidentally stumbles, and derive great satisfaction from thus 'getting even' with the perverse chair. "
― , An Introduction to Philosophy
2 " The demons of animism were usually hostile to man, but it seems as though man had more confidence in himself in those days than later on. "
― Sigmund Freud , New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
3 " A hint of - dare I say? - animism has entered into the scientific worldview. The physical world is no longer either dead or passively obedient to the " laws. "
