Philosophy of the Unconscious, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) Book

" To have ideas, and yet not be conscious of them, there seems to bo a contradiction in that ; for how can we know that we have them, if we are not conscious of them ? Nevertheless, we may become aware indirectly that we have an idea, although we be not directly cognisant of the same" (Kant, " Anthropology," sec. 5, " Of the ideas which we have without being conscious of them"). These clear words of the great clear thinker of Konigsberg offer at once a starting-point for our in- vestigation, and the field of inquiry itself. The sphere of Consciousness is like a vine-clad hill which has been so often ploughed up in all directions, that the thought of further labour has become almost loathsome to the public mind ; for tin; looked-for treasure is never found, although rich and unexpected crops have sprung from the well - worked soil.Table of Contents THE INDIRECT INFLUENCE ON ORGANIC FUNCTIONS OF CONSCIOUS PSYCHICAL ACTIVITY . . . 1 69 ( I.) THE INFLUENCE OF THE CONSCIOUS WILL . 169 (2.) THE INFLUENCE OF CONSCIOUS IDEATION . 1 79 VIII. THE PLASTIC ENERGY OF THE UNCONSCIOUS . . 184 (B) THE UNCONSCIOUS IN THE HUMAN MIND. I. INSTINCT IN THE HUMAN MIND . . . .205 II. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN SEXUAL LOVE . . . 220 III. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN FEELING .... 243 IV. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN CHARACTER AND MORALITY . 260 V. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN THE ^ESTHETIC JUDGMENT AND IN ARTISTIC PRODUCTION ..... 269 VI. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE . 293 VII. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN THOUGHT . . . 30 1 VIII. THE URead More