TH. RIBOT TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY

ALBERT H. N. BARON FELLOW IN CLARK UNIVERSITY

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION The Motor Nature of the Constructive Imagination I

PART ONE ANALYSIS OF THE IMAGINATION

CHAPTER I THE INTELLECTUAL FACTOR. I

CHAPTER II THE EMOTIONAL FACTOR.

CHAPTER III THE UNCONSCIOUS FACTOR I

CHAPTER IV THE ORGANIC CONDITIONS OF THE IMAGINATION

CHAPTER V THE PRINCIPLE OF UNITY

SECOND PART THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMAGINATION.

CHAPTER I IMAGINATION IN ANIMALS

CHAPTER II THE CREATIVE IMAGINATION IN THE CHILD

CHAPTER III PRIMITIVE MAN AND THE CREATION OF MYTHS

CHAPTER IV THE HIGHER FORMS OF INVENTION

CHAPTER V LAW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMAGINATION

THIRD PART THE PRINCIPAL TYPES OF IMAGINATION

PRELIMINARY

CHAPTER I THE PLASTIC IMAGINATION I

CHAPTER II THE DIFFLUENT IMAGINATION I

CHAPTER III. THE MYSTIC IMAGINATION

CHAPTER IV THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION

CHAPTER V THE PRACTICAL AND MECHANICAL IMAGINATION

CHAPTER VI THE COMMERCIAL IMAGINATION

CHAPTER VII THE UTOPIAN IMAGINATION [139]

CONCLUSION.

CONCLUSION I The Foundations of the Creative Imagination

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A The Various Forms of Inspiration [155]

APPENDIX B On the Nature of the Unconscious Factor

APPENDIX C Cosmic and Human Imagination [162]

APPENDIX D Evidence in Regard to Musical Imagination [165]

APPENDIX E The Imaginative Type and Association of Ideas [167]

INDEX.

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The children's letters on page 108 have been reproduced in this text as illustrations.