4/05/2021

Planck on Consciousness

 

I regard consciousness as fundamental,
matter is derivative from consciousness.
We cannot get behind consciousness.
Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness. There is no matter as such;
it exists only by virtue of a force bringing the particle to vibration and holding it together in a minute solar system;
we must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. The mind is the matrix of all matter.” 
– Max Planck