Imagination is a delicate facet of the human mind for the philosopher. Each philosopher seems to have their own definitions of what the human senses and imagination actually are, and the role each plays in human development and daily existence. Plato prefers to avoid the arts and imagination in the Republic. Others, like Aristotle and Hobbes, are more welcoming, treating imagination as a facet or close relative of memory. Despite divergent opinions, a thorny question remains: what is the use of imagination for the philosopher? Human imagination is one of the defining characteristics of the human being, through it man is able to delve deep into the human mind, investigate, theorize and most importantly it allows philosophers to understand the way things are and how things could be.Imagination has always interested philosophers throughout history. Aristotle is apparently the first philosopher to introduce the concept of imagination into philosophy in his work De Anima. He writes: “Imagination is that by which we say that a fantasy arises in us. » According to Aristotle, “imaginary fantasies are sensory objects for the intellective soul. But when he affirms or denies good or evil, he pursues or avoids it. This is why the soul never understands outside of fantasies. Aristotle observes that fantasies are for the intellectual part of the soul like sensory objects for the senses. He argues that the pursuit of something that is not physically present to the senses must be preceded by an image or representation of the desired object, thus arguing for the necessity of imagination among philosophers . Aristotle, like Hobbes, believed that knowledge came directly. ...... middle of paper ...... dream subject, allowing your imagination to run wild. For the philosopher, recognition of the existence and importance of human imagination is a necessary trait. Without an active and informed imagination, one cannot make judgments or study the world with the skill and ease of the great philosophers. If one has no imagination, one cannot understand Plato's analogy with the cave, one cannot imagine the gray shadows flickering on the cold, jagged wall. Without imagination, we cannot imagine the ideal city, or Santa Claus, nor divide the imagination into two parts. In the same way, imagination is a complex and useful part of human nature. The mind, a multifaceted record composed of senses, dreams and imagination, opens the door to philosophy to pave the way for the pursuit of the good, the true and the beautiful..