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Idealism is the philosophical theory that maintains that the ultimate nature of reality is based on mind or ideas.
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Idealism is a wonderful and attractive trait in a leader.
April 2004 2004
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The best way to show how Critical Theory offers a distinctive philosophical approach is to locate it historically in German Idealism and its aftermath.
Critical Theory Bohman, James 2005
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Idealism is the soul of philosophy; realism its body; only the two together constitute a living whole.
Mourning Becomes Theory: Schelling and the Absent Body of Philosophy 2000
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Idealism is a characteristic of fledgling democracies.
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Norman Mailer once pointed out: "Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive."
Aboriginal Self-Government and Economic Self-Sufficiency 1992
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For as Aldous Huxley once said: "Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power."
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Idealism is no longer "far out"; it is approaching a norm.
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While situating Hegel's approach to tragedy as part of a broader response to Kant, George also contextualizes Hegel's interest in tragedy with reference to figures in German Idealism and Romanticism, such as Schelling,
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"Salomon Maimon and the Rise of Spinozism in German Idealism" Journal of the History of Philosophy 42
Salomon Maimon Thielke, Peter 2007
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