What is matter? What is consciousness?

Matter refers to the objective reality that exists independently outside human consciousness and can be reflected by human consciousness. Lenin pointed out: "Matter is a philosophical category that marks the objective reality and is perceived by people through feeling. It exists independently of our feelings and is copied, photographed and reflected by our feelings. " Everything in the world has an infinite variety of forms and endless changes and developments, but in the final analysis, it is the external expression of objective reality and the external expression of matter.

Consciousness is the sum of psychological phenomenon endowed with reality and subjective phenomenon of personal direct experience, which is manifested as the unity of knowledge, emotion and will. The narrow concept refers to people's awareness and concern for the outside world and themselves.

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The relationship between matter and consciousness

1, the dialectical relationship between matter and consciousness is one of them.

2. Matter is an objective reality that can be reflected by people's consciousness without being transferred by people's consciousness. Consciousness is the reflection of objective things in the human brain.

3. Matter determines consciousness, and consciousness reflects matter.

Dialectical relationship between matter and consciousness

1, matter determines consciousness. There is matter first, then consciousness, and consciousness is the product of the long-term development of the material world; Consciousness cannot be separated from its own material foundation-the human brain; The content of consciousness can only come from the material world. Without the material world, the human brain would not produce consciousness by itself.

2. Consciousness has a dynamic influence on matter. The dynamic role of consciousness lies in that it can correctly reflect both the external phenomena of things and the essence and laws of things. The dynamic role of consciousness is also outstanding. Consciousness can react to objective things, correctly reflect objective things and their development laws, guide people to effectively carry out practical activities and promote the development of objective things. Distorted consciousness reflecting objective things and their development laws will lead people's activities astray and hinder the development of objective things.

3. The decisive role of matter is the first, and the dynamic role of consciousness is the second. The two cannot be juxtaposed, but neither can we emphasize one aspect in isolation or unilaterally.

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