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Louis Aragon

Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for control, makes men prefer reason's imagination to the imagination of the senses. And yet it is always the imagination alone which is at work.

Louis Aragon

Fear

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Louis Aragon is saying that people’s constant worry about making mistakes forces them to rely more on logical thinking rather than trusting their sensory experiences. However, he points out that it is always the imagination that shapes our understanding, regardless of whether it comes from reason or the senses.

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