Sentence examples for for idealism from inspiring English sources

Still, discerning Washington's true beliefs is a treacherous business, because his distaste for idealism often resembled a distaste for ideals themselves.

It is time for idealism about missions to Mars to end.

For Marlboro does in fact seem to be a haven for idealism unusual if not unique in the music world.

Warning against what he saw as North American materialism, Rodó called for idealism from young Spanish Americans to bring forth the best features of democracy.

But like their candidate, the crowd collectively declared a proud victory for idealism even as they conceded defeat in all of yesterday's primaries to Vice President Al Gore.

The leader-in-waiting who never becomes leader is the man who never disabuses us of our expectations, as all the others did; his death gives us a permit for idealism, which we transfer back onto him.

And a vote for Nirvana was a vote for sarcastic idealism, for skeptical community, for bitter hope, a mosquito, my libido.

This work contains Marx's criticism of materialism (for being contemplative), idealism (for reducing practice to theory) overall, criticising philosophy for putting abstract reality above the physical world.

A leading light in Finland's Social Democratic Party as well as Europe's Socialist International, he was known for his idealism and his talent for building a consensus.

We will comment first on Kant's direct argument for transcendental idealism and then on his indirect argument for it through the critique of traditional metaphysics.

So much for youthful idealism.