different between idealism vs transcendentalism
idealism
English
Etymology
First attested 1796, from ideal +? -ism.
Noun
idealism (countable and uncountable, plural idealisms)
- The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
- The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns;—opposed to realism.
- (philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.
- Synonym: philosophical idealism
- Antonym: materialism
Derived terms
- epistemological idealism
- metaphysical idealism
Related terms
- idealist
- idealistic
- idealistically
- perfectionism
Translations
See also
- realism
- pragmatism
- materialism
- physicalism
References
- idealism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- idealism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Further reading
- "idealism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 152.
Anagrams
- email IDs, miladies
Romanian
Etymology
From French idéalisme
Noun
idealism n (uncountable)
- idealism
Declension
Related terms
- ideal
- idealist
idealism From the web:
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transcendentalism
English
Etymology
transcendental +? -ism
Noun
transcendentalism (countable and uncountable, plural transcendentalisms)
- The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.
- Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction.
- A philosophy which holds that reasoning is key to understanding reality (associated with Kant); philosophy which stresses intuition and spirituality (associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson); transcendental character or quality.
- A movement of writers and philosophers in New England in the 19th century who were loosely bound together by adherence to an idealistic system of thought based on a belief in the essential supremacy of insight over logic and experience for the revelation of the deepest truths.
Related terms
- philosophy
- religion
- transcendental
- transcendentalist
Translations
See also
- transcendentalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Wikibooks: Transcendentalist Theology
Romanian
Etymology
From French transcendantalisme
Noun
transcendentalism n (uncountable)
- transcendentalism
Declension
transcendentalism From the web:
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- transcendentalism what are their values
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