Imagination and Time

Looks at the relationship between imagination and the understanding of the world - both the world of science and history, and that of values. An imaginative realization of belonging to the past, as well as to a future that will continue after one's death, has implications which are explored.

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This volume is concerned with the relation between imagination and the understanding of the world - both the world of science and history, and that of values. By means of imagination, it is possible to grasp shared values that are enduring, and this depends on a sense of continuity with the past and the future. An imaginative realization of belonging not only to the past, but to a future that will continue after the individual is dead has implications which are explored, for religion and morality, as well as for education.