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The Imaginary (n.) represents ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠at each moment the implicit meaning of the real.

The Imaginary (n.) served ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the post-Romantics as a permanent recourse against the impossible, with literature as an emergency exit.

The Imaginary (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the concrete "something" toward which the existent is surpassed; without it the person is crushed in the world, run through by the real, closest to the thing.

The Imaginary (n.) seems ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to free consciousness from being-in-the-world, yet being-in-the-world is its necessary condition: the image can stand out only on the ground of the world it denies.

The Imaginary (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a cortège of phantom-objects — ambiguous, poor and dry, appearing and vanishing in jerks — a perpetual 'elsewhere' offering escape not just from our boredoms but from all the constraints of the world: an anti-world.

The Imaginary (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a second world beside the real: the imaginary and the real are made of the same objects, grouped and interpreted differently — what defines each is an attitude of consciousness.