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Imagination as artistic, poetic and cultural predicate remains one of the most influential ideas in the history of Western thought. Imagination has been simultaneously feared as a dangerous, uncontrollable force, and revered as the supreme visionary power. The questions of its origins, nature,... read more
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Writers and thinkers who have seen art as a way to truth with imagination as means have often claimed the authority of Plato.
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- J. M. Cocking (Author)
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- Books › Reference › Writing
- Books › History › Ancient
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy
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