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Thomas Hobbes's concept of imagination

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with Thomas Hobbes’ conception of imagination. Hobbes was aware of Greek and Latin origins of the term. According to him, imagination is nothing but a decaying sense. While reconstructing the draft of Hobbes’ theory of imagination, the author of the article describes the activity of mind as motion caused by bodies, and states that imagination can overcome the bounds of senses and memory. On the one hand, imagination is limited to experience (in its reproductive function), but on the other, it can create new ideas, conceptions or trains of thoughts (in its productive function).

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