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Are you an Idealist? November 20, 2008

Filed under: blogging, communication, personal, spirituality, thoughts — axinia @ 10:21 am
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If you are reading this post – you are most probaly an idealist.

If you are my reuglar reader – you are for sure an idealist.

:)

Love and keep your ideals high up!

axinia

 

17 Responses to “Are you an Idealist?”

  1. Sahaja Says:
    November 20, 2008 at 10:51 am

    hehe nice one :) …
    but i dont know what does idealist mean ?? :-?

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  2. axinia Says:
    November 20, 2008 at 11:40 am

    good question! in a common sense it is the person who is easily inspired by ideals /not that materialistic.
    however there is an official philosophical definition:

    In Western civilization, Idealism is the philosophy which maintains that the ultimate nature of reality is ideal, or based upon ideas, values and essences and that the so-called external, or real world is inseparable from consciousness, perception, mind, intellect and reason in the sense of rigorous science. It is also a tradition in Western thought which represents things in an ideal form, or as they ought to be rather than as they really are, in the fields of ethics, morality, aesthetics, and value.

    In certain idealistic philosophies the ideal is said to involve direct and immediate knowledge of subjective mental ideas, or images. In the strife of the schools, idealism is often opposed to realism in which the real is said to have a so-called absolute existence prior to, and independent of, knowledge and consciousness.

    Some forms of idealism, like that of Descartes, are often contrasted with materialism. Some idealists, like Spinoza, are monists as opposed to dualist, again like Descartes, or pluralist ontologies.

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  3. kanagu Says:
    November 20, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    wow.. I thought ideal is a thing that is not existing in this world.

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  4. An alien Earthling Says:
    November 20, 2008 at 7:40 pm

    I do wish that it was an ideal world . . . but alas, it is something that only exists in dreams :-|

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  5. Suresh Gundappa Says:
    November 21, 2008 at 4:58 am

    interesting post , definitely brought smile on my face!

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  6. wortman Says:
    November 21, 2008 at 8:11 am

    *oops* i’m an idealist ;)

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  8. axinia Says:
    November 21, 2008 at 8:45 am

    thanks, my dear friends, I knew you would love it :)

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  9. wortman Says:
    November 21, 2008 at 8:58 am

    would you love it?
    YES
    do you come back?
    YES
    read all?
    YES
    then… nice to see you again here… next time
    YES
    :)

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  10. radha Says:
    November 21, 2008 at 9:14 am

    to be idealist is good but not to the extreme, i love idealistic people with practical sense and well anchored onto the earth. every time i hear this word it always reminds me of an inteview i had one time for a quite high level (because of the reputation of the firm) internship. At the end of everything the big boss concluded that i was “too idealist” and it was impossible for them to hire me. Dont know what happened but have been working there for a year and half after the interview. I think idealistic people are fascinating and other peple like them a lot anyway.

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  11. axinia Says:
    November 21, 2008 at 9:50 am

    radha, you are very right, that is my observation too.
    Sure one should not overdo (and I am one of the most practical persons you may know!), but true idealism is very inspiring. And Inspiration is what people are missing in their daily lifes, I think…
    Apart from that, an idealist probaly has a more stable value system, a kind of a pivot that appears to be much stronger that the materialistic and “down to earth” approach.

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  12. Anand Says:
    November 21, 2008 at 11:06 am

    Hi Axinia,

    Great Blog !! very inspiring :)

    I agree with you. Inspiration is what separates the idealists from the others.

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  13. artworkofhorus Says:
    November 21, 2008 at 11:21 am

    An idealist is a very practical person.

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  14. axinia Says:
    November 21, 2008 at 11:41 am

    @artworkofhorus, I would be greatful if you coold extend your idea on the idealist being a practical person!

    @Anand, thanks and keep visiting and getting inspired :)

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  15. radha Says:
    November 22, 2008 at 6:23 am

    yes i think it i sjust because of that strong value system at the base that the idealistic person brings inspirations. she/he does not care too much about how to do things/when/why etc etc but is only fully confident that inspiration is there and will sort things out. I dont know how to exaplain this but it is an attitude going a lil beyond. Infact idealistic behaviours also go beyond, they have special connotations… Luv, r

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  16. axinia Says:
    November 22, 2008 at 6:48 pm

    radha, thanks for this insightful comment!

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  17. johnnyco12 Says:
    November 24, 2008 at 9:02 am

    I am please to be a realistic idealist :

    “If we have hope in this life only we are of all men most miserable.” the apostle paul

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