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“Plato in some sense anticipated the Catholic realism, as attacked by the heretical nominalism, by insisting on the equally fundamental fact that ideas are…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Realism arises from the maturity of the minds, while Idealism arises from their conformity.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“See how Plato is moved and tossed about. Every man, glorying in applying him to himself, sets him on the side he wants. They…

— Sarah Bakewell

“Plato will have to invent a transcendence that can be exercised and situated within the field of immanence itself. This is the meaning of…

— Gilles Deleuze

Idealism and realism meet in the actual.

— Mary Parker Follett

The principle of realism means denial of the ideal.

— Gustave Courbet

There is no realism without an element of idealism.

— Henry A. Kissinger

“It is extraordinary to think about. We still speak of Socratic or Platonic philosophy, but actually being Plato or Socrates is quite another matter.”

— Jostein Gaarder

It is foolish to view realism and idealism as incompatible or to consider our power and wealth as encumbered by the demands of justice,…

— John McCain

Idealism leads to realism if it is strictly thought out.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Plato--who may have understood better what forms the mind of man than do some of our contemporaries who want their children exposed only to…

— Bruno Bettelheim

“You know how much I used to like Plato. Today I realize he lied. For the things of this world are not a reflection…

— Tadeusz Borowski