| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The doctrines taught by Idealists. | 1 |
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Subjective idealism, taught by Fechte (2 syl.), supposes the object (say a tree) and the image of it on the mind is all one. Or rather, that there is no object outside the mental idea. | 2 |
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Objective idealism, taught by Schelling, supposes that the tree and the image thereof on the mind are distinct from each other. | 3 |
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Absolute idealism, taught by Hegel, supposes there is no such thing as phenomena; that mind, through the senses, creates its own world. In fact, that there is no real, but all is mere ideal. | 4 |
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| These are three German philosophers: |
| Hegel (1770–1831). |
| Schelling (1770–1854). |
| Fechte (1762–1814). | |
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