Materialism

Recently I have been rereading the Sefer Hazikaron for Maran HaRav Hutner ztz"l the Pachad Yitzchak, hence the numerous posts with his insights. Here is another.

Sometimes he would encapsulate entire philosophies into one sentence. "Darwin put Materialism into nature. Marx put Materialism into history. Freud put Materialism into the soul of man. All of the Materialism's caused destruction to Holiness. But Freud dug his sword in the Paroches."

"The source of all impurity in our generation is the disrespect people have for the sanctity of man" ["Avi Avos Hatumah be'tekufaseinu hu hazilzul bi'tzuras ha'odom"]. He explained the phenomenon as follows: What makes man unique is his free will. At the end of days there will be a nullification of man's free will. So the kefirah of Freud with respect to the uniqueness of man's soul fits in with the period right before the end of days!