Everything, living or not, is constituted from elements having a nature that is both physical and nonphysical - that is, capable of combining into mental wholes. So this reductive account can also be described as a form of panpsychism: all the elements of the physical world are also mental.
Thomas NagelPerhaps the belief in God is the belief that the universe is intelligible, but not to us.
Thomas NagelAbsurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.
Thomas NagelPhilosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture that tries to skip it will never grow up.
Thomas Nagel