A dynamic form of reflection of objective things in the human brain, philosophical term corresponding to matter, to objective existence. Marx held that ideas are nothing else than the material world reflected by the human mind, and translated into forms of thought. It also refers to views, thoughts, i.e., a result of thinking activity. As an active and dynamic reflection of the things, phenomena, processes and laws of the objective world, ideas can play a part in knowing and reshaping the objective world…
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