absolute idealism

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noun

A philosophy originally developed by certain German idealists such as Hegel and Schelling, which affirms that reality is grounded in cognition as a single, fundamental and unlimited principle of being that unites subject and object.

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Meanings

nounabsolute idealism (countable and uncountable, plural absolute idealisms)

plural absolute idealisms

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA philosophy originally developed by certain German idealists such as Hegel and Schelling, which affirms that reality is grounded in cognition as a single, fundamental and unlimited principle of being that unites subject and object.
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