# What would the Latin be for "imaginative man". homo imagin....? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 14, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-latin-be-for-imaginative-man-homo-imagin/804479 "2017-12-14T08:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-latin-be-for-imaginative-man-homo-imagin/804479/21 "2017-12-15T18:56:42Z")
> [@davidmich](#): > > Thanks DPRK, > This translation makes sense, except for this part “he imagines this necessarily, and he is disposed by this imagining”. How else can you express this? Perhaps he means that there are things he can do, things he cannot do, things he imagines he can do, and things he imagines he cannot do. As for the last, he can only _imagine_ that he cannot do something, but then since he figures he cannot do it he will not even try, and therefore he truly cannot do it. ---
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-latin-be-for-imaginative-man-homo-imagin/804479/22 "2017-12-16T06:15:23Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > Perhaps he means that there are things he can do, things he cannot do, things he imagines he can do, and things he imagines he cannot do. As for the last, he can only _imagine_ that he cannot do something, but then since he figures he cannot do it he will not even try, and therefore he truly cannot do it. Thanks DPRK. Than you all. Very helpful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-latin-be-for-imaginative-man-homo-imagin/804479.md?page=1)