Ideas across traditions · consciousness · Renaissance & Early Modern Europe
imagination
A common word: it appears in 31% of all works on the maps, so its reach across traditions is a fact about English, not about the idea. The works are listed for completeness; the analogues below are the judged connections.
Also under: “phantasia” · “imaginatio” · “fantasia” · “einbildungskraft” · “einbildung” · “einbildungs-krafft” · “einbildungen” · “imaginatie” · “khayal” · “einbildungs-kraft” · “fantasiam” · “vis imaginativa” · “phantasie” · “φαντασία” · “phantasy” · “imaginativa” · “phantasey” · “fantasie” · “fantasy” · “inbeeldinge” · “fantasey” · “imaginationem” · “phantasian” · “ymaginatio” · “imaginatione” · “phantasiam” · “inbeelding” · “koach ha-medameh”
297works in other traditions, with a cited page
70works in Renaissance & Early Modern Europe, its home tradition on the maps
259further works where only a vocabulary list or keyword names it; not shown
0judged analogues in other traditions (a different word for a neighbouring idea)
In other traditions
Ordered by the earliest work in each tradition that attests the concept. Within a tradition, works run from earliest to latest by conventional composition date.
Zoroastrian
- 1000 BCEAvesta — Gāthās, Yasna, Vendīdād, Yašts, Hādōxt Nasksame word and a translator’s rendering
Hebrew & Jewish
- 500 BCEProverbs (Mishlei)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 500 BCEJob (Iyov)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 250 BCEEcclesiastes (Qohelet)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 20 CEPhilo of Alexandria (collected works)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Phantasia — Imaginationtorehouse, everything that enters through sight, hearing, and the other sensory organs is deposited and treasured there.Complete Works of Philo Judaeus, Vol. 2, 1828, p. 83 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — mental representation/visioncal trickery in his studies for the sake of a more perfect vision, which, having beheld, he was charmed and followed theComplete Works of Philo Judaeus (Vol. 5), 1828, p. 238 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — mental impression/imageourishing and generating power. The Creator himself also fashioned the soul in three ways, differing from nature: sense,Exegetical Works on the Books of Moses, 1614, p. 814 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 30 CEPhilo, On Dreams (De somniis)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Phantasia — Imaginationtorehouse, everything that enters through sight, hearing, and the other sensory organs is deposited and treasured there.Complete Works of Philo Judaeus, Vol. 2, 1828, p. 83 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — mental representation/visioncal trickery in his studies for the sake of a more perfect vision, which, having beheld, he was charmed and followed theComplete Works of Philo Judaeus (Vol. 5), 1828, p. 238 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — impression/representationonj. logos ). II 283, 15 (conj. pathos passion/affection , body). III 24, 14. 18. 25, 5. 30, 15 (conj. soul, logos ). 7.Surviving Works of Philo of Alexandria (Vol. 7 - Indices), 1896, p. 77 · flagged as a term by the translator
and 5 more works in Hebrew & Jewish; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Greek
- 450 BCEPresocratic fragments (Diels): Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Democritus on soulsame word and a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — appearance/imaginationpain Anaxag. (169, 47) 46 A 92 (310, 31) with toil A 94 (311, 15) cf. Demokr. above line 2. Cf. phainesthai to appear ,The Fragments of the Pre-Socratics, Vol. 3, 1922, p. 87 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — perception/appearanceIV ON THE PLACITA OF AETIUS He transcribed Chrysippus' opinion onThe Greek Doxographers, 1879, p. 69 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — appearance/imagination/presentation(521, 15); "manifestly" opp. "secretly" Demokr. B 181 (418, 17). phanos shining/bright . "Color" Parm. B 8, 41 (121, 2).Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (Presocratic Fragments), 1906, p. 338 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 400 BCEHippocratic corpus, Regimen IV (On Dreams)same word and a translator’s rendering
- imagination — mental representation, these indeed thick: and besides everything flying is seen. A red decorative initial letter N But in sight, just as theArticella or The Art of Medicine, 1476, p. 417 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — mental image/perceptionything more trustworthy than the impressions, whether in two, three, or more cases. The judgment of these is referred toOn the Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato, Vol. I, 1874, p. 813 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — imagination/appearancesgust, shunning not only food but also drink: or certainly because they are led astray by visions, which the Greeks callComplete Works of Hippocrates, 1665, p. 1001 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 400 BCEHippocratic corpus: On the Sacred Disease; Regimen IV (On Dreams); On the Nature of Mansame word and a translator’s rendering
- 390 BCEPlato (attr.), Alcibiades Isame word and a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — imagination/fantasyllicles, the pleasure-loving [part]. And through Polus, the ambitious [part]. And similarly also through Protagoras, theCommentary on the First Alcibiades of Plato (Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.5.27), 1525, p. 89 · flagged as a term by the translator
- fantasiasia: In Renaissance philosophy, this refers to the mental faculty of perceiving or forming images of the material world.Pymander. Asclepius. On the Mysteries of the Egyptians. On Plato's Alcibiades, on the Soul and the Daemon. On Sacrifice., 1532, p. 45 · original word kept by the translator
- 385 BCEPlato, Symposiuma translator’s rendering
and 17 more works in Greek; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Indian
- 400 BCEUpaniṣads with technique (Śvetāśvatara, Maitrī, Kaṭha)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1922Surendranath Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy I; Yoga as Philosophy and Religionsame word
Hellenistic & Late Antique
- 280 BCEEarly Stoic fragments (Zeno, Cleanthes’ Hymn to Zeus, Chrysippus on the passions)a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — impression/representation, title of book, Cl. I 106, 36 he wrote to disparage the senses Chr. II 33, 34 *cf.* 34, 10 they place the discussion ofFragments of the Early Stoics, Volume 1: Zeno, 1903, p. 21 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — representation/impression. . . . . . . . . . . | 18 | | Chap. I. On the doctrine of cognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 21 | | § 1. OnFragments of the Early Stoics, Volume 2: Chrysippus, 1964, p. 8 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — mental impression/imageues* II 86, 17: They say that nothing else moves the impulse hormē impulse/motive force except an impulsive presentationFragments of the Early Stoics, Volume 3: Chrysippus (Ethics), 1964, p. 48 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 250 BCEChrysippus and the early Stoics, fragments (SVF; Hierocles, Elements of Ethics)a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — impression/representation, title of book, Cl. I 106, 36 he wrote to disparage the senses Chr. II 33, 34 *cf.* 34, 10 they place the discussion ofFragments of the Early Stoics, Volume 1: Zeno, 1903, p. 21 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — representation/impression. . . . . . . . . . . | 18 | | Chap. I. On the doctrine of cognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 21 | | § 1. OnFragments of the Early Stoics, Volume 2: Chrysippus, 1964, p. 8 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — mental impression/imageues* II 86, 17: They say that nothing else moves the impulse hormē impulse/motive force except an impulsive presentationFragments of the Early Stoics, Volume 3: Chrysippus (Ethics), 1964, p. 48 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 250 BCEPseudo-Aristotle, Problemata (XXX.1 on melancholy and genius)same word and a translator’s rendering
- fantasia — imaginationoad back. ¶ Why does a man lying on his back have horrible visions? It is answered that then the passage or nerve of theProblems, 1488, p. 41 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — imagination/mental imagessts. But those learn which, in addition to memory, have this sense the sense of hearing . The others live by appearancesAristotelous Ta Problemata meta ton tou Alex. Aphrodis. Problematon, kai Ta mechanika kai ten meta Ta physika pragmateia, 1552, p. 394 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 50 CECebes, Tabula (Pinax)a translator’s rendering
- 50 CECebes (attr.), Tabulaa translator’s rendering
and 51 more works in Hellenistic & Late Antique; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Hermetic & Gnostic
- 100 BCESibylline Oraclesa translator’s rendering
- 150 CECorpus Hermeticum (I Poimandres; X; XI; XIII On Rebirth)same word and a translator’s rendering
- fantasia — imagination or appearancelife. It brings all things clearly into the light, yet it hides in the inner sanctuaries, expressing each thing throughThe Divine Pymander, Asclepius, and On the Mysteries, 1532, p. 44 · flagged as a term by the translator
- fantasia — appearance or manifestationearly brings all things into the light while remaining hidden in the sanctuaries, yet it expresses every single thing inPymander, Asclepius, and On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, 1532, p. -23 · flagged as a term by the translator
- fantasie — imagination or appearancefest; as being always, and making other things manifest, He is not made manifest. 6. Himself is not made, yet in fantasyThe Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, in XVII Books, 1650, p. 81 · original word kept by the translator
- 150 CEHermetica, Corpus Hermeticum I (Poimandres, the vision in sleep)same word and a translator’s rendering
- imaginativa — imaginationch is comprehended the human cogitative power and the estimative power in brutes. If they retain sensed forms, it is theThe Asclepius of Hermes Trismegistus: On the Immortality of the Soul, 1590, p. 295 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — imagination/appearancexisting, it reveals all things but is not itself revealed; for it does not become itself; but it manifests all things inCorpus Hermeticum and Plotinus' Enneads (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.9.9), 1550, p. 22 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — appearance/perceptions). The remark that the Demiurgus has concealed the unseemly parts of the body may be traced back to Panaetius. The termHermetica, Volume II: Notes on the Corpus Hermeticum, 1925, p. 160 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 150 CEGospel of Truth (Nag Hammadi I,3)a translator’s rendering
- 175 CEChaldean Oraclessame word and a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — imaginationis immovable, and things lying within do not have motion, for they lie in one way in the incorporeal, and in another inPhilosophical Magic: The Chaldean Oracles, 1593, p. 349 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Imaginationthe other faculties of the irrational soul; thus, through the most powerful force of this kind of body, which they callThe Chaldean Oracles, 1539, p. 18 · flagged as a term by the translator
and 10 more works in Hermetic & Gnostic; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Roman
- 55 BCELucretius, De rerum natura (Book III as therapy)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 55 BCELucretius, De rerum natura III–IV (nature of the mind; sensation, dreams, sleep)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 55 BCELucretius, De rerum natura IV (on sleep and dreams)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 45 BCECicero, Tusculan Disputations I (the soul and its immortality)a translator’s rendering
- fantasia — appearance/notionhe Stoics is applied, he refutes the Cyrenaics and Epicureans who say that as soon as someone observes, he thinks that aTusculan Disputations, 1482, p. 70 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasiawere to be, as Zeno defined it, a certain kind of perception—for we already spent enough time yesterday on this word forCicero, Philosophical Works Vol. 1, 1523, p. 38 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 45 BCECicero, Tusculan Disputationsa translator’s rendering
and 14 more works in Roman; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Early Christian & Monastic
- 225 CEOrigen, De principiissame word and a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — mental image/representationt of themselves," while the animate move "from themselves." And animate beings move "from themselves" when an impressionPhilocalia (Robinson Greek Edition), 1893, p. 210 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — mental image/will, yet are not living creatures, are moved from themselves; but living creatures are moved by themselves when they have aOrigenis Adamantii, eximii scripturarum interpretis, opera, quae quidem extant omnia, per ... Erasmum Roterodamum partim, 1557, p. 931 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — fantasy/impulsewhich live indeed, but are not living beings; but living beings are moved by themselves when there is present to them aOrigenis opera omnia et quae eius nomine circumferuntur, 1743, p. 119 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 233 CEOrigen, On Prayer (Peri euchēs)a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — mental image/will, yet are not living creatures, are moved from themselves; but living creatures are moved by themselves when they have aOrigenis Adamantii, eximii scripturarum interpretis, opera, quae quidem extant omnia, per ... Erasmum Roterodamum partim, 1557, p. 931 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — fantasy/impulsewhich live indeed, but are not living beings; but living beings are moved by themselves when there is present to them aOrigenis opera omnia et quae eius nomine circumferuntur, 1743, p. 119 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 360 CEOrigen, Philocaliasame word and a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — mental image/representationt of themselves," while the animate move "from themselves." And animate beings move "from themselves" when an impressionPhilocalia (Robinson Greek Edition), 1893, p. 210 · flagged as a term by the translator
- imaginationmind does. But it is called "passive" because it acts with a form and not without a shape. It was named **imagination**Philocalia (First Edition, Tarinus 1618), 1618, p. 695 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 379 CEGregory of Nyssa, De hominis opificiosame word and a translator’s rendering
- 380 CEGregory of Nyssa, De anima et resurrectionesame word and a translator’s rendering
and 12 more works in Early Christian & Monastic; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Syriac & Armenian
- 360 CEEphrem the Syrian, Hymns and Prose Workssame word and a translator’s rendering
- fantasiahat of her powers. He sees the Archon original: "Arkona" , that how. That I, I am. Witness [is] the brought-out phantasyThe Nisibene Hymns (Carmina Nisibena), 1866, p. 271 · original word kept by the translator
- Phantasiake unto God, occupies the Heaven—that is, the Head. The spiritual faculties serve the head, supported by **Imagination**The Complete Works of Saint Ephrem the Syrian, Volume 2, 1740, p. 341 · original word kept by the translator
- 360 CEEphrem the Syrian, on dreams (hymns and homilies)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 500 CEPhiloxenus of Mabbug, Discourses & Letters to the Monksa translator’s rendering
- 500 CEPhiloxenus of Mabbug, Discoursesa translator’s rendering
- 550 CEDavid the Invincible, Definitions of Philosophysame word
and 6 more works in Syriac & Armenian; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Byzantine & Orthodox
- 630 CEMaximus the Confessor, Centuries on Charity and other Kephalaiasame word and a translator’s rendering
- φαντασία — phantasiad toward absurdity; but those that tend toward likeness, seek the simple and the unconfused, extinguishing the imaginingMaximus Confessor De Coelesti Hierarchia, 1300, p. 28 · original word kept by the translator
- phantasiahe lower nature. He did not fall into something he was not. He did not fulfill the divine plan through a mere appearanceOn Various Difficult Passages of the Holy Fathers Dionysius and Gregory, 1857, p. 337 · original word kept by the translator
- phantasiaaximus the Confessor. ...has ceased sensory activity. It neither perceives, nor is it perceptible; it has no imaginationPseudo-Dionysius and Maximus Confessor Scholia, 875, p. 186 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 630 CEMaximus the Confessor, Ambigua / Chapters on Love / Mystagogiasame word and a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — imaginationitting; and by imperfection, the lack of the perfect, or the deficiency of perfection. Headlong phantasia.) We said whatOpera Omnia; cum Scholiis S. Maximi et Paraphrasi Pachymerae, 1615, p. 710 · flagged as a term by the translator
- φαντασία — phantasiad toward absurdity; but those that tend toward likeness, seek the simple and the unconfused, extinguishing the imaginingMaximus Confessor De Coelesti Hierarchia, 1300, p. 28 · original word kept by the translator
- phantasiaaximus the Confessor. ...has ceased sensory activity. It neither perceives, nor is it perceptible; it has no imaginationPseudo-Dionysius and Maximus Confessor Scholia, 875, p. 186 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 630 CEMaximus the Confessor, Centuries on Love / Mystagogiasame word and a translator’s rendering
- imaginationrfection is a type of alteration, it is clear that the sense, in the act of sensing, is altered. And if this is so, thenParva Naturalia and Ambigua, 14th century, p. 75 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasiahe lower nature. He did not fall into something he was not. He did not fulfill the divine plan through a mere appearanceOn Various Difficult Passages of the Holy Fathers Dionysius and Gregory, 1857, p. 337 · original word kept by the translator
- 950 CEAchmet, Oneirocriticonsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1060Michael Psellos, De omnifaria doctrina / on the soulsame word and a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — impression/semblanceendent on language, and others are outside of language. The things dependent on language that produce the impression TheMinor Philosophical Works, Volume 1: Logical, Physical, and Allegorical Treatises, 1992, p. 93 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasiag the instrument of that same living body. Some passions merely follow the body, yet those which involve the imaginationPhilosophical Works, Unknown, p. 104 · original word kept by the translator
and 7 more works in Byzantine & Orthodox; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Arabic
- 840 CETheology of Aristotle (Arabic Plotinus, Enneads IV–VI)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 850 CEal-Kindī, On Sleep and Dreams / On the Intellectsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 940 CEal-Fārābī, Risāla fī l-ʿaql (De intellectu)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 940 CEal-Fārābī, al-Madīna al-fāḍila (Virtuous City) / al-Siyāsa al-madaniyyasame word and a translator’s rendering
- 960 CEal-Niffarī, Mawāqif and Mukhāṭabātsame word and a translator’s rendering
and 20 more works in Arabic; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Medieval Latin
- 867 CEEriugena, Periphyseon IVa translator’s rendering
- phantasia — mental imagereature. For the unity of the holy trinity is not such as can be devised or understood by any creature, or formed by anyOn the Division of Nature, 1681, p. 103 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasyWhen we learn of bodies through the sense of the body, a certain replica of the bodies is created in our mind: this is aPeriphyseon: The Division of Nature, 1987, p. 412 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1160Avicenna Latinus, Liber de anima (Sextus naturalium)same word and a translator’s rendering
- fantasia — fantasy/common senseion of a thing from another that has induced it. Smell Taste Touch Of the occult vital apprehending powers, the first isCollected Works, 1961, p. 97 · flagged as a term by the translator
- imaginatio — imaginationeceiving through itself all the forms which are imprinted by the five senses and are returned to it. ¶ After this is theOn the Soul, 1500, p. 16 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1160Richard of St Victor, Benjamin minor & Benjamin major (De arca mystica)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1160Richard of St Victor, Benjamin minor / Benjamin major (De arca mystica)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1245Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum III (De anima)same word and a translator’s rendering
- fantasia — fantasyve. The ordering faculty completes the brain by itself alone. For in the first part, in the anterior cell, it orders theOn the Properties of Things, 1485, p. 46 · flagged as a term by the translator
- fantasia — imaginationive, and motive. The ordinative is completed solely by the brain. For in the first part of it, in the anterior cell, theOn the Properties of Things, 1491, p. 38 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — imagination/mental imagef matter. For matter can never be seen by itself unless it is imbued with a substantial or accidental form, or by way ofOn the Properties of Things, 1483, p. 212 · flagged as a term by the translator
and 43 more works in Medieval Latin; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Persian
- 1186Suhrawardī, visionary recitals (Āwāz-i parr-i Jibrāʾīl, ʿAql-i surkh) and Hayākil al-nūrsame word and a translator’s rendering
- imagination — wahmoughts that call toward something related to either the higher or lower side. A **Satanic Impulse** is a thought of pureنصوص إشراقية، ثلاث رسائل في الرؤية والمجاز, 1190, p. 87 · flagged as a term by the translator
- khayal — retentive imaginationeiver is the soul. What is meant by that which includes the instrument is "perception," and the "preserved" includes theSharḥ Hayākil al-nūr / li-Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Dawwānī, 1500, p. 28 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1200Niẓāmī / ʿAṭṭār / Rūmī: dream narratives in Persian poetrysame word and a translator’s rendering
- imaginationThen it said: “Do not kill the light of your eyes, 188 For the light of thought is sight; Whoever scorns observation andThe Masnavi (Mesnevi), Unknown, p. 124 · flagged as a term by the translator
- khayālof bread—thither I go. **3195.** From this wisdom and learning and excellence (of mind) I have got nothing but phantasyMasnavi (Mathnawi), Unknown, p. 252 · original word kept by the translator
- phantasyfrom far away, like the new moon in its thinness and radiance; he seemed unreal, yet he existed in the form of a visionThe Mathnawí of Jalálu'ddín Rúmí, Vols. 1-2, 1926, p. 28 · original word kept by the translator
- 1250al-Abharī, Hidāyat al-ḥikma with Qāḍī Mīr Ḥusayn’s commentarysame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1260Rumi, Masnavi-yi Ma'navisame word and a translator’s rendering
- imaginationThen it said: “Do not kill the light of your eyes, 188 For the light of thought is sight; Whoever scorns observation andThe Masnavi (Mesnevi), Unknown, p. 124 · flagged as a term by the translator
- khayālof bread—thither I go. **3195.** From this wisdom and learning and excellence (of mind) I have got nothing but phantasyMasnavi (Mathnawi), Unknown, p. 252 · original word kept by the translator
- phantasyfrom far away, like the new moon in its thinness and radiance; he seemed unreal, yet he existed in the form of a visionThe Mathnawí of Jalálu'ddín Rúmí, Vols. 1-2, 1926, p. 28 · original word kept by the translator
- 1270Rūmī, Masnavī-yi maʿnavīsame word and a translator’s rendering
- imaginationThen it said: “Do not kill the light of your eyes, 188 For the light of thought is sight; Whoever scorns observation andThe Masnavi (Mesnevi), Unknown, p. 124 · flagged as a term by the translator
- khayālof bread—thither I go. **3195.** From this wisdom and learning and excellence (of mind) I have got nothing but phantasyMasnavi (Mathnawi), Unknown, p. 252 · original word kept by the translator
- phantasyfrom far away, like the new moon in its thinness and radiance; he seemed unreal, yet he existed in the form of a visionThe Mathnawí of Jalálu'ddín Rúmí, Vols. 1-2, 1926, p. 28 · original word kept by the translator
and 4 more works in Persian; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Turkic
- 1564Kınalızade Ali Çelebi, Ahlak-i Ala'isame word and a translator’s rendering
Modern European
- 1660Pascal, Penséessame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1720Christian Wolff, Vernünfftige Gedancken von der Menschen Thun und Lassensame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1758Swedenborg, Heaven and Hellsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1779Mesmer, Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animalsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1788Eckartshausen, Aufschlüsse zur Magie / Mystische Nächtesame word and a translator’s rendering
and 29 more works in Modern European; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Theosophical & Modern Esoteric
- 1749Swedenborg, Arcana Coelestia (Heavenly Arcana)a translator’s rendering
- 1802Eckartshausen, The Cloud Upon the Sanctuarysame word and a translator’s rendering
- imaginatio — imaginationReflection . The fourth power is the ability to consider the perceived objects in their diversity — Phantasia fantasy ,Die Wolke ueber dem Heiligthum, 1802, p. 135 · flagged as a term by the translator
- Phantasia — imaginationflexio reflection . 4. When we let his dispositions, his thoughts, and his wisdom be the sole object of our imagination,Die Wolke über dem Heiligthum, 1823, p. 94 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1877Blavatsky, Isis Unveiledsame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1885Carl du Prel, Die Philosophie der Mystik (dream and the transcendental subject)same word and a translator’s rendering
- 1889Blavatsky, The Key to Theosophy (with The Voice of the Silence, Theosophical Glossary)same word and a translator’s rendering
- Imaginationn, fluxion, coagulation, accumulation, station and division." These were all attributes symbolized in various images. **Theosophical Glossary, 1906, p. 150 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasys Olympiodorus A 6th-century Neoplatonist philosopher known for his commentaries on Plato. called it—is simply *fantasy*The Key to Theosophy, 1889, p. 144 · original word kept by the translator
and 7 more works in Theosophical & Modern Esoteric; a common word, so the full list is not shown.
Kabbalistic & Hasidic
- 1820Dov Baer Schneersohn (Mitteler Rebbe) — Hasidic discoursessame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1830Chabad ma'amarim (Shneur Zalman, Dov Ber, Tzemach Tzedek, Maharash)same word and a translator’s rendering
- koach ha-medameh — imaginal faculty212 For necessarily, all these three are things that have a relationship to theHasidic Discourses — Tzemach Tzedek et al., 19th century, p. 425 · flagged as a term by the translator
- koach ha-medameh — the imaginative facultyre is no doubt for the observer that all the aforementioned things exist, for man possesses the faculty of imagination (Hasidic Discourses — Maharash, 19th century, p. 488 · flagged as a term by the translator
- koach ha-medameh — imaginative facultySince the allegory is not identical to the thing allegorized in all its aspects. Or it is theHasidic Discourses — Mitteler Rebbe & Alter Rebbe, 19th century, p. 76 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1850Hasidic discourses (Chabad manuscript corpus)same word and a translator’s rendering
- koach ha-medameh — imaginal faculty212 For necessarily, all these three are things that have a relationship to theHasidic Discourses — Tzemach Tzedek et al., 19th century, p. 425 · flagged as a term by the translator
- koach ha-medameh — the imaginative facultyre is no doubt for the observer that all the aforementioned things exist, for man possesses the faculty of imagination (Hasidic Discourses — Maharash, 19th century, p. 488 · flagged as a term by the translator
- koach ha-medameh — imaginative facultySince the allegory is not identical to the thing allegorized in all its aspects. Or it is theHasidic Discourses — Mitteler Rebbe & Alter Rebbe, 19th century, p. 76 · flagged as a term by the translator
At home in Renaissance & Early Modern Europe
- 1476Marsilio Ficino, Epistolae (Letters)same word and a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — the faculty of imaginationhird is that it frequently turns the gaze of knowing toward the senses and sensible things, and the images hidden in theLetters, 1495, p. 141 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — imaginationobscure in the body, understands incorporeal things so clearly outside the body. 75. Sensation is more excellent in theLetters, 1497, p. 10 · flagged as a term by the translator
- imaginatione the limits of reason. This divine and angelic light in the minds of humans now turns into reason, yet it surpasses theFicino Letters, 1497, p. 185 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1482Ficino, Theologia Platonica XIII (on dreams, prophecy and the vacant soul)same word and a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — the faculty of imagination that creates mental images and mediates between the senses and the intellectnd overcomes four opposites in turn. Nor does anyone marvel at this miracle. phantasia How much that same power, throughPlatonic Theology on the Immortality of Souls, 1525, p. 314 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — imaginationapter 13 of the book.*<- The thirteenth book. That it is immortal through four signs: namely, from the affections of thePlatonic Theology, 1491, p. 13 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — the faculty of imagination; the mental bridge between sensory input and rational thoughtich is imperfect will perfect that which is more perfect. Especially since they claim that it is moved and formed by ourPlatonic Theology, 1482, p. 511 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1482Ficino, Theologia Platonica de immortalitate animorumsame word and a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — the faculty of imagination that creates mental images and mediates between the senses and the intellectnd overcomes four opposites in turn. Nor does anyone marvel at this miracle. phantasia How much that same power, throughPlatonic Theology on the Immortality of Souls, 1525, p. 314 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — imaginationapter 13 of the book.*<- The thirteenth book. That it is immortal through four signs: namely, from the affections of thePlatonic Theology, 1491, p. 13 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasia — the faculty of imagination; the mental bridge between sensory input and rational thoughtich is imperfect will perfect that which is more perfect. Especially since they claim that it is moved and formed by ourPlatonic Theology, 1482, p. 511 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1486Giovanni Pico, Oratio, Conclusiones and Opera (De hominis dignitate)same word and a translator’s rendering
- imaginationdifferences of irrational brutes, for there are no more than these. First, there are **beasts**, which possess a perfectThe Complete Works of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, 1519, p. 48 · flagged as a term by the translator
- phantasiaferences of irrational brutes, of which there are no more. For there are **beasts**, which possess a perfect imaginationComplete Works of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, 1557, p. 45 · original word kept by the translator
- phantasiae despised, are handed down. page 109 4 **On the Imagination**, that is, on that power of the soul which the Greeks callComplete Works of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, 1572, p. 7 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1489Ficino, De vita libri tressame word and a translator’s rendering
- 1499Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphilisame word and a translator’s rendering
- fantasieious of his happiness. [Large decorative initial T] Just as soon as this angelic spirit had vanished from my imaginationThe Strife of Love in a Dream, 1561, p. 330 · original word kept by the translator
- fantasiewell: something which you could not refuse without charging yourself with ingratitude—and it cannot enter my imaginationThe Dream of Poliphilus, 1561, p. 395 · original word kept by the translator
- 1501Gianfrancesco Pico, De imaginatione (with De rerum praenotione, De animae immortalitate)same word and a translator’s rendering
- phantasia — imagination/mental representationthe second volume of the same work, and in the third without doubt, and shine forth most clearly when unrolled. For theIn tertium Aristotelis De anima commentarius, 1553, p. 43 · flagged as a term by the translator
- PHANTASIA — Imagination# ON THEPico della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco: De phantasia liber, 1536, p. 1 · flagged as a term by the translator
- 1516Pomponazzi, Tractatus de immortalitate animaesame word and a translator’s rendering
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Evidence gate. A work is listed only where a translator marked the word as a term with a gloss, or kept the original word beside the English, on at least one page of a held edition. Vocabulary lists and keywords alone do not count: in a Greek vocabulary list ἡσυχία is the ordinary word for quiet. Up to 3 pages are shown per work, preferring those with a gloss. The vocabulary was built 2026-09-11; the graph on 2026-09-13.