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Idealism — • The characteristic of those who regard the ideas of truth and right, goodness and beauty, as standards and directive forces Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Idealism Idealism … Catholic encyclopedia
Idealism — The 20th century British scientist Sir James Jeans wrote that the Universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine This article is about the philosophical notion of idealism. For other uses, see Idealism… … Wikipedia
Idealism (italian) and after — Italian idealism and after Gentile, Croce and others Giacomo Rinaldi INTRODUCTION The history of twentieth century Italian philosophy is strongly influenced both by the peculiar character of its evolution in the preceding century and by… … History of philosophy
idealism — /uy dee euh liz euhm/, n. 1. the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. 2. the practice of idealizing. 3. something idealized; an ideal representation. 4. Fine Arts. treatment of subject matter in a work of art… … Universalium
Idealism — the doctrine that reality or knowledge is founded on ideas (mental experience). Depending on the specific ideal, idealism is usually juxtaposed with materialism or realism. • Objective idealism is an idealistic metaphysics that postulates that… … Mini philosophy glossary
Idealism — Friedrich Engels asserted that the great divide in philosophy is between the schools of idealism and materialism, that is those who regard mind as having primacy over nature, and those who regard nature as having primacy over mind. According… … Historical dictionary of Marxism
idealism — noun (U) 1 strong belief in principles or perfect standards, even when they are very difficult to achieve in real life: youthful idealism | The movement appealed to their idealism. 2 technical a way of using art to show the world as a perfect… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
idealism — noun Date: 1796 1. a. (1) a theory that ultimate reality lies in a realm transcending phenomena (2) a theory that the essential nature of reality lies in consciousness or reason b. (1) a theory that only the perceptible is real (2) a theory that… … New Collegiate Dictionary
idealism — i•de•al•ism [[t]aɪˈdi əˌlɪz əm[/t]] n. 1) the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, or goals 2) the practice of idealizing 3) something idealized; an ideal representation 4) fia treatment of subject matter, as in art, in… … From formal English to slang
idealism — /aɪˈdɪəlɪzəm / (say uy dearlizuhm) noun 1. the cherishing or pursuit of ideals, as for attainment. 2. the practice of idealising. 3. something idealised; an ideal representation. 4. the imaginative treatment of subjects in art or literature,… …
