They condemned all ideologies based on a materialist atheistic philosophy. Van Weyden adequately describes him as an individualist, hedonist, and materialist. Despite his atheism, Gorky was not a materialist. However, Sorel criticized the deterministic, materialist, and mechanist components of Marxism. Marx credited the Scottish Enlightenment writers for originally propounding a materialist interpretation of history. Note, however, that you may prefer mentalist to materialist paradigm. It depicts d'Alembert ill in bed, conducting a debate on materialist philosophy in his sleep. This perspective formed the bulk of the foundation for Karl Marx's materialist conception of history. I think the materialist conception of history is valid. It also appealed to some who had a materialist orientation and rejected organized religion. These scientists rejected transmutation of species as materialist. There has also been concern for the general ambiguity of materialist feminism. His political and ethical views were influenced by British materialist Thomas Hobbes. Ecofeminism as materialist is another common dimension of ecofeminism. He views the cruelty of nature and mortality in light of materialist science and faith.