Idealism
Idealism
Idealism is the oldest of the four world philosophies and the one most directly tied to Plato. Its core claim is simple: ideas are the only true reality, and the physical world is a temporary, lesser version of the eternal world of mind. This chapter unpacks the claim and the classroom it produces.
Ideas as the only true reality, the journey from the material world to the spiritual, and where idealism still operates today
Aims of education: intellectual development, self-realisation, values inculcation, and skills built on subject matter of mind
Lecture, discussion, Socratic dialogue; examples and heroes; learning through introspection, intuition, insight, and whole-part logic
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