Single Idea 8094

[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 2. Imagination]

Full Idea

The imagination has made more discoveries than the eye.

Gist of Idea

The imagination has made more discoveries than the eye

Source

Joseph Joubert (Notebooks [1800], 1797)

Book Reference

Joubert,Joseph: 'Notebooks', ed/tr. Auster,Paul [nyrb 2005], p.30


A Reaction

As a fan of the imagination, I love this one. I suspect that imagination, which was marginalised by Descartes, is actually the single most important aspect of thought (in slugs as well as humans). Abstraction requires imagination.