Victor HugoReason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.
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The first definition is necessary for rational reasoning. The second is necessary for imagination. The first is necessary for intelligent decision making. The second is necessary for the creation of new ideas. Reason without imagination leads to logical conclusions, but imagination without reason leads to nonsense.
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