2007-05-14 07:51:24 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Which has the ending of the two?
2007-05-14 08:40:05 · update #1
~~~~Imagination has no end,so it must have more power. Knowledge can end with neurological disorders. I helped care for a woman wiith severe Dementia; and she had a great imagination. So I guess with all she lost, she kept that.~~~
2007-05-21 16:05:16 · answer #1 · answered by donelle g. 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If one considers that imagination is the cutting edge of knowledge - in other words, a necessary condition - then Einstein is right and imagination is more important. Otherwise there's no extension of knowledge.
Too many people regard imagination as private property of the artists among us. But it's part and parcel of every human mind: if you can consider something as possible, you've got imagination. And explanations start somewhere. This means scientists, mathematicians, historians, *everybody* relies on it. (Yes, Virginia, even accountants.) Imagination and fancy are not the same thing.
2007-05-19 11:17:06 · answer #2 · answered by strateia8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge is more powerful than imagination. Einstein's imagination died with him, but his knowledge continues to bring new meaning. Mozart's imagination is captured in the content of his music, because of this knowledge the symphony of his music spirals upward. Tolstoy's wisdom, Rembrandt's art, Shakespeare's poetry have passed knowledge into the countless minds of students, their imagination is remembered as knowledge. Knowledge is the more powerful of the two. Now if you raised the question, Would you say, Inspiration is more powerful than knowledge? This would then bring a new tension to your question, worth considering.
2007-05-14 08:09:31 · answer #3 · answered by mark_hensley@sbcglobal.net 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Imagination is more powerful, with imagination you can create and do anything, if you have the support and the money. Knowledge only gives you limited things to do as it has already been done.
2007-05-14 08:51:14 · answer #4 · answered by ads421 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagination, is the beginning of knowledge.
In order for the learning process to proceed, we have to be curious. Curiosity stems from an imagination. Imagination breeds knowledge.
2007-05-21 17:50:57 · answer #5 · answered by lostagain1701 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Imagination comes with knowledge, tell me something you can imagine up that's like nothing you have ever seen or heard of.
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2007-05-18 10:16:43 · answer #6 · answered by Angel H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true that without any context, it's stupid to judge whether imagination is better than knowledge or not. You don't need imagination for tasks that don't need to be mastered more! Einstein valued individuals and critical minds, and in this sense he said imagination was more important than knowledge....
2007-05-14 09:17:53 · answer #7 · answered by Moussi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge allows the framework for imagination. We cannot perceive of anything that has no conceptual base in our consciousness. We cannot dream of that which we do not know. Therefore we can only imagine to the boundary of our knowledge, not beyond it. Ergo, knowledge is more powerful.
2007-05-21 01:08:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, according to Einstein. I quote:
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
2007-05-14 07:59:57 · answer #9 · answered by Satia 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't say that. While imagination can take you places knowledge can't, you have to apply discipline to make what you imagine become reality, if that is possible. That effectively changes imagination into reality and becomes knowledge.
But now that I think of it, perhaps, in their purely philosophical form, they are equal.
2007-05-14 08:07:48 · answer #10 · answered by Jeanne B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋