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Could somebody please explain to me what this quote means? How would you interpret it?
“The idealist is incorrigible: If he is thrown out of his heaven, he makes an ideal of his hell."
13 Answers
- 2 decades agoFavorite Answer
No matter what situation an idealist is in, he makes it a positive experience.
- 2 decades ago
An idealist is someone who can see the best of everything. Incorrigible is a nice way of saying unchangeable. So, if he were in heaven, that would be the ideal place to be. If he were thrown out, and wound up in hell, then he would find the best there is about it ie. not having to pay the oil bill any longer in order to heat things up; possibly being the nicest person there, etc. Basically, what he has is perfect until he doesn't have it any longer, then the next things becomes perfect.
- 2 decades ago
The idealist lives in his/her own special world (or perception of reality) where he/she decide how things should be and people should act.
To say that they are incorrigible means that no matter how many time you try to bring him/her to reality they refuse to believe you or accept that it as true.
They have an ideal set for every situation imaginable in life.
- kalabaluLv 52 decades ago
Don't be an idealist your chances of getting thrown out of heaven increases.
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- 2 decades ago
It means that an idealist can make any situation, no matter how sucky, seem acceptable in his or her mind. If they are removed from a situation in which they are absolutely content and put in one that is horrible, they will still find a way to be happy.
- Anonymous2 decades ago
It means that he can't be controlled, because when you try to control him you will do it through things like what's around him, you will harrass him, or try to make his environment difficult in someway, and that when that happens he will merely look at the situation in a context other than it was meant and have the same great time he had before.
- bettiegrlLv 42 decades ago
The idealist makes the best of things. If he can't get the best thing out there, he makes due with what he has.
He's one of those chipper folks who makes lemonade when life gives him lemons.
- Anonymous2 decades ago
its means that there is no such thing as an ideal world.
the more ideal u try to make a place the more complicated u make it instead.
think about it: inventors make cars but does it really make the world more ideal if ppl complain about traffic.
a simple life is the most ideal it can get
- Anonymous2 decades ago
An idealist is a dumb ***. Dont mess with him.