The ordinary conditions of consciousness and even of practical life in society are a derivative and secondary state; a product of processes of individualism, which however are never completed, and leave a large margin for idealising intelligence to fulfil.
"Hegel’s Philosophy of Mind"
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
She shows a touching dependence on those she loves, and an inveterate habit of idealising them, which leads to frequent disillusion.
"Letters of Catherine Benincasa"
Catherine Benincasa
And yet somehow it did not trouble her; she saw that Frank was silent and gloomy, but with her instinct for idealising those she loved, she supposed there was some good reason for it, and she felt that she might perhaps even try to find out what was amiss; it was no longer wrong to take an interest in all that affected him-even Dolly's conscience allowed this-and, when the others walked on, in her sweet voice she asked 'if anything was wrong,' and as she spoke her grey eyes opened kindly.
"Old Kensington"
Miss Thackeray