Source: Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (1893), Chapter 1: Bruno's Lessons
“Why does the eye see more clearly when asleep than the imagination when awake?”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
Variant: Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than with the imagination being awake?
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