Ma Yuan's Concept of Matter

Matter is a philosophical category that marks the objective reality. It is perceived by people, exists independently of our feelings, and is copied, photographed and reflected by our feelings. "This definition of matter contains extremely rich contents and is of great significance in many aspects.

First, Lenin's definition of matter completely adheres to the basic principles of materialism and materialism monism, which is a sharp weapon against idealism and dualism.

Secondly, it points out that matter is "perceived" by people, and people's knowledge can reflect the objective reality, thus completely adhering to the reflection theory and knowability theory of dialectical materialism, and pointing out the direction for people to explore the mysteries of the universe.

Thirdly, the diversity of the material world is philosophically summarized, pointing out that "objective reality" is the commonality of all materials, which not only affirms the connection between philosophical material category and natural science material structure theory, but also distinguishes them, thus overcoming the defects of metaphysical materialism.