As used today, the word realism means in the first place the opposite to idealism when it claims that it is possible to pass from the subject to the object. (Etienne Gilson)

As used today, the word realism means in the first place the opposite to idealism when it claims that it is possible to pass from the subject to the object.

Etienne Gilson

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