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absolute idealism

absolute idealism Absolute idealism is a metaphysical view, especially associated here with Hegel, that reality is fully the expression of reason or mind, so that what is real and what is rational ultimately coincide.

Absolute idealism is a metaphysical view, especially associated here with Hegel, that reality is fully the expression of reason or mind, so that what is real and what is rational ultimately coincide. More broadly, it includes theories that explain the universe and its development as the realization of reason, self-consciousness, or spirit rather than as mere material or mechanical fact.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Idealism” (Idealism).
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