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Old June 15, 2011, 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted by aleCcowaN View Post
"Imaginación calenturienta" habla de la consciencia distorsionada de un febricitante y se usa en sentido figurado para referirse a las elucubraciones, sean intelectuales o artísticas, que no conectan bien con el principio de realidad y que parecen influidas por un cierto estado de delirio y de inadaptación.
This reminds me of the original meaning of ecstasy, being in a state of 'outside yourself'. I don't however think that an ecstatic imagination would be a valid expresion, and the meaning has shifted anyway.
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