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absolute idea
noun
In Hegelianism, the spiritual principle of which the reality is the expression.
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Humble as he may personally be, he has an absolute idea of what novels can achieve.
We were brought up in the absolute idea that we must love France and we must speak well in a very good French accent, no vulgarity, that it was a marvellous country that welcomed us.
He declared that religion is not a "final and ultimate" matter but, instead, a matter of practice; the philosopher's absolute idea is incompatible with the God of religious men.
At first, true to form, Reza refuses to comment on this but when I push her, she acknowledges that her parents, despite being foreigners, raised her with "the absolute idea that we must love France" and insisted she speak perfect French.
If it was an absolute idea, it would become totalitarian.
Almost every defender of absolute pacifism recognizes the difficulty of attaining to the absolute idea.
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Among this book's merits is its perceptive treatment of the collision between the sheer purity of absolute ideas, whether religious or philosophical, and the stubborn impurity, complexity, ambiguity of actual human lives.
Trade is a complex issue that possesses little room for preconceived absolute ideas.
"I love the fact you can go into any village in Kenya or the east coast of Africa and just walk in and have a chat with someone and they have absolute no idea who you are".
Even if a sequel to Blade Runner sounds like the absolute worst idea in film history, the choice of Arrival director Denis Villeneuve to helm said sequel (and its intriguing teaser trailer) have given me hope that it will stick this impossible landing.
This sounds like the absolute worst idea I've ever heard.
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