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We seldom pursue so far into detail the ideative effort.

From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Philip, Alexander

Attention also requires a preparation of the ideative centers in relation to the external object for which it is to be demanded: in other words, an internal, psychical "adaptation."

From Spontaneous Activity in Education by Montessori, Maria

The primary qualities, being the general laws or forms of organic Energy-transmutation, are in a higher sense ideal, for they are the necessary conditions under which both sense-presentation and ideative representation proceed.

From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Philip, Alexander