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93. - Imagination

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

By
Ursula Renz  and
Oliver I. Toth
Edited by
Karolina Hübner  and
Justin Steinberg
Karolina Hübner
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
Justin Steinberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

Imagination (imaginatio, imaginari, imago) is an equivocal term with which Spinoza refers to (1) perceptual states, (2) inadequate ideas, or (3) mental images used in thinking.

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The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 254 - 259
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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