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The other aspect of idealism is the one which gives us our notion of the absolute Self. To it the first is only preparatory. This second aspect is the one which from Kant, until the present time, has formed the deeper problem of thought.

— Josiah Royce

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

— Jacques Barzun

If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.

— Richard Stallman

An idealist is ahead of his time only in the sense that he is articulate. The same is true of a nation. For even primitive people, even effete races have a message for those above or below them. The heritage of the Ideal, however small can not be exhausted.

— Ameen Rihani

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.

— Mikhail Bakunin

Idealism is no good. Any concrete dedication to an abstract condition results in unpleasant things like wars.

— Thomas Pynchon

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

— Henry Ford

The acceptance of certain realities doesn't preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs.

— Rem Koolhaas

I'm an idealist.

— Bobby Cannavale

There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.

— T. S. Eliot

I'm an idealist without illusions.

— John F. Kennedy

✗Opposing Perspectives

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