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Definition of Idea
I`de´a | n. | 1. | The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual. | | 2. | A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization. | | 3. | Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is conceived or thought of. | | 4. | A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development. | | 5. | A plan or purpose of action; intention; design. | | 6. | A rational conception; the complete conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract. | | 7. | A fiction object or picture created by the imagination; the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the Deity. |
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