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The image can only be studied through the image, by dreaming images as they gather in reverie. It is a non-sense to claim to study imagination objectively since one really receives the image only if he admires it. Already in comparing one image to another, one runs the risk of losing participation in its individuality.

Gaston Bachelard

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Gaston Bachelard
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: June 27
Died: 1962
Died: October 16
G 巴什拉
G. Bachelard
Running
Image
Studied
Objectively
Another
Losing
Runs
Reverie
Dream
Already
Individuality
Comparing
Really
Risk
Claim
Receives
Study
Compare
Objectivity
Imagination
Images
Gather
Since
Admire
Participation
Sense
Claims
Dreaming
Admires

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