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Philosophy of the Unconscious, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
Philosophy of the Unconscious Vol 1 - Classic Reprint Author:Eduard Von Hartmann " 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... more » 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