idealism

• the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
• the practice of idealizing.
• something idealized; an ideal representation.
• Philosophy: any system or theory that maintains that the real is of the nature of thought or that the object of external perception consists of ideas.
• the tendency to represent things in an ideal form, or as they might or should be rather than as they are, with emphasis on values.

idealism

• The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form.
• Pursuit of one's ideals.
• Idealized treatment of a subject in literature or art.
• Philosophy The theory that the object of external perception, in itself or as perceived, consists of ideas.

idealism

• the practice of forming ideals or living under their influence
• something that is idealized

idealism

• the pursuit of or belief in noble ideals, principles, and values.

Machiavelli and idealism

The prince is in a sense a guide of how a prince can create his idealistic principality to rule.