«وكذا التقارن في الخيال ليس من الصور التي تجتمع في الخيال»
Likewise, association in imagination is not itself one of the images gathered there.
Recollecting images of a pen and inkpot is one thing; recognizing their prior association is another. The latter is a relation or meaning rather than an additional sensory picture.
Consequently, the mere simultaneous presence of two representations cannot by itself settle whether their connection is similarity, contrast or remembered proximity.
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Refining the Jāmiʿ and the Conditions of Elegant Coordination
«وكذا التقارن في الخيال ليس من الصور التي تجتمع في الخيال»
Likewise, association in imagination is not itself one of the images gathered there.
Recollecting images of a pen and inkpot is one thing; recognizing their prior association is another. The latter is a relation or meaning rather than an additional sensory picture.
Consequently, the mere simultaneous presence of two representations cannot by itself settle whether their connection is similarity, contrast or remembered proximity.