What is Idealism?
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cynically said: the art to believe in utopias.
realistically said: following principles and dreams.
This guy changed his idealism for pragmatism when he came to power.
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I know this cuz I had a research paper on Berkeley. Idealism is the idea that all matter is just representaions of our inner thought. Nothing really exista if we do not think it.
Because im not looking at the couch behind me, it does not exist. Boy, idealism is great!