The Symbolic Wisdom of the Egyptians

...agreeable as well as instructive manner, through the imagina-
tion Imagination (Einbildungskraft): In 18th-century psychology, this was seen as the faculty that mediates between our raw senses and our logical reason. speaks to the understanding Understanding (Verstand): The rational, analytical capacity of the human mind.. — All
the more do I hope, in the publication of these
pages, to be able to promi?se myself the satisfaction, and for the unknown?
author the gratitude, of the public. Berlin, the 2nd of
April 1793.

K. P. Moritz. Karl Philipp Moritz (1756–1793) was a influential author and editor known for his work in "empirical psychology." He believed that for knowledge to be truly learned, it had to engage the reader's creativity and emotions, not just their logic.