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What does it mean?
Idealism restricts thought while politics restricts will.
In plain terms
Ideas can enslave the mind just as politics enslave the will.
What can you take from it?
Watch out for dogma in thought and politics.

Where it applies

  • education
  • political activism

Putting it to work

  • challenge rigid doctrines
  • encourage critical thinking

Questions to consider

  • What restricts your thought more?
  • Is politics always a despot?

Another view

It oversimplifies the role of ideas in governance.

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