he distinguished between "primary" and "secondary" immagination

he thought that immagination is the sovereign creative power

based on the power of association of material already provided and subject to the ration law of judgement

nature was always accompanied by the awareness of the presence of the ideal in the real

his faith did not allow him to identify nature as a divine figure

nature is not a moral guide or a source of consolation or happiness

nature = projection of the real world of ideas on the flux of time