An image requires a conscious effort to maintain; if you stop "doing" the image, it vanishes. 3. The Link to Freedom
Because you create the image, it only contains what you put into it. You can't count the whiskers on an imaginary cat if you didn't specifically imagine a certain number of whiskers. The Imaginary: A Phenomenological Psychology of...
Jean-Paul Sartre’s The Imaginary (1940) is a pivot point in existential thought, marking the moment he moved from pure psychology to the philosophy of freedom. At its core, the book isn’t just about "daydreaming"—it’s a rigorous look at how the human mind creates something out of nothing. 1. The Image as an Act, Not a Thing An image requires a conscious effort to maintain;