The theory of imagination in classical and mediaeval thought.
Series: Illinois. University. Studies in language and literature -- v. 12: no. 2-3.; Studies in language and literature (University of Illinois) -- v. 12: no. 2-3.
Publisher: University of Illinois
Published: 1927
Place of publication: [Urbana]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Imagination.; Philosophy, Ancient.; Philosophy, Medieval.
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.
Table of contents: value: Pre-Socratic philosophy.; value: Plato.; value: Aristotle.; value: Post-Aristotelian philosophy.; value: The theory of art: Quintilian, Longinus, and Philostratus.; value: Plotinus.; value: The lesser Neoplatonists.; value: Neoplatonic views of three early Christians.; value: Mediaeval descriptive psychology.; value: The psychology of the mystics.; value: Dante's theory of vision.; value: Conclusion.