In the 19th century the Slavophiles revived the concept of the zemsky sobor, considering it a reflection of the ideal union between the tsar and the Russian people; a proposal to reestablish the institution resulted in the dismissal of the minister who suggested it, N.P. Ignatiev.
Over the past century, Americans have become increasingly obsessed with the supposed desirability of thinness, as thinness has become both a marker for upper-class status and a reflection of beauty ideals that bring a kind of privilege.
The budget is a direct reflection of our ideals and morals, just like a home budget is the very same.
The time to develop a decent policy of immigration--a fitting instrument for our foreign policy and a true reflection of the ideals we stand for, at home and abroad--is now".
It is based upon a metaphysical act of faith, for Plato believes that a world of permanent Forms exists beyond the limitations of human experience and that morality and the good life, which the state should promote, are reflections of these ideal entities (see Platonism).
For a rationalist, in contrast, an expression's meaning reflects what is apriori accessible to the speaker on the basis of ideal reflection.
In Arneson's (1989, 1990) concept of equal opportunity for welfare, the preferences determining the measure of individual well-being are meant to be conceived hypothetically — i.e., a person would decide on them after a process of ideal reflection.
Since works of art are often a reflection of society's ideals and prejudices, art becomes an effective means fostering socialization.
On the epistemic approach, moreover, 2D semantic values depend on the upshot of ideal rational reflection about apriori coherence relations.
For example, in the case of Chalmers's weak modal rationalism one might agree that conceivability entails possibility in the sense he defends, but question whether humans are ever in the position of ideal rational reflection.
This event is an ideal reflection of Karkhana's vision because it has been working with neighborhood schools, introducing project-based learning.
