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philosophybits: “The poet presents the imagination with images from life and human characters and situations, sets them all in motion and leaves it to the beholder to let these images take his thoughts as far as his mental powers will . . .

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“The poet presents the imagination with images from life and human characters and situations, sets them all in motion and leaves it to the beholder to let these images take his thoughts as far as his mental powers will permit.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer, “On Philosophy and the Intellect”, Parerga and Paralipomena

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