Philosophy of the Unconscious

Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright Page......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 7
PREFACE. BY C. K. OGDEN......Page 11
EXTRACTS FROM THE AUTHOR’S PREFACES TO THE SEVENTH, EIGHTH, AND NINTH EDITIONS......Page 16
(a) OBJECT OF THE WORK......Page 33
(b) METHOD OF RESEARCH AND MODE OF EXPOSITION......Page 37
(c) PREDECESSORS IN RESPECT OF THE CONCEPTION OF THE UNCONSCIOUS......Page 43
II. HOW DO WE COME TO ASSUME AN AIM IN NATURE?......Page 65
(A) THE MANIFESTATION OF THE UNCONSCIOUS IN BODILY LIFE.......Page 77
I. THE UNCONSCIOUS WILL IN THE INDEPENDENT FUNCTIONS OF THE SPINAL CORD AND GANGLIA......Page 78
II. UNCONSCIOUS IDEATION IN THE EXECUTION OF VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT......Page 88
III. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN INSTINCT......Page 94
IV. THE UNION OF WILL AND IDEA......Page 123
V. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN REFLEX ACTIONS......Page 131
VI. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN THE REPARATIVE POWER OF NATURE......Page 144
(1.) THE INFLUENCE OF THE CONSCIOUS WILL......Page 164
(2.) THE INFLUENCE OF CONSCIOUS IDEATION......Page 172
VIII. THE PLASTIC ENERGY OF THE UNCONSCIOUS......Page 176
(B) THE UNCONSCIOUS IN THE HUMAN MIND.......Page 191
I. INSTINCT IN THE HUMAN MIND......Page 192
II. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN SEXUAL LOVE......Page 204
III. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN FEELING......Page 222
IV. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN CHARACTER AND MORALITY......Page 235
V. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN THE ÆSTHETIC JUDGMENT AND IN ARTISTIC PRODUCTION......Page 242
VI. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE......Page 261
VII. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN THOUGHT......Page 268
VIII. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN THE ORIGIN OF SENSE-PERCEPTION......Page 287
IX. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN MYSTICISM......Page 309
X. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN HISTORY......Page 324
XI. THE VALUE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS AND OF CONSCIOUSNESS FOR HUMAN LIFE......Page 346
(C) METAPHYSICS OF THE UNCONSCIOUS.......Page 359
I. THE DIFFERENTIÆ OF CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS MENTAL ACTIVITY AND THE UNITY OF WILL AND IDEA IN THE UNCONSCIOUS......Page 360
II. BRAIN AND GANGLIA AS CONDITIONS OF ANIMAL CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 372
(1.) THE BECOMING CONSCIOUS OF THE IDEA......Page 384
(2.) THE BECOMING CONSCIOUS OF PAIN AND PLEASURE......Page 395
(3.) THE UNCONSCIOUSNESS OF THE WILL......Page 398
(4.) CONSCIOUSNESS HAS NO DEGREES......Page 404
(5.) THE UNITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 411
(1.) THE UNCONSCIOUS PSYCHICAL ACTIVITY OF PLANTS......Page 416
(2.) CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE PLANT......Page 431
V. MATTER AS WILL AND IDEA......Page 443
VI. THE CONCEPTION OF INDIVIDUALITY......Page 468
VII. THE ALL-ONENESS OF THE UNCONSCIOUS.......Page 496
VIII. THE UNCONSCIOUS AND THE GOD OF THEISM......Page 514
IX. THE ESSENTIAL NOTION OF GENERATION FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE UNIVERSALITY AND UNITY OF THE UNCONSCIOUS......Page 539
X. THE ASCENDING EVOLUTION OF ORGANIC LIFE ON THE EARTH......Page 557
(1.) POSSIBILITY AND MANNER OF EFFECTING INDIVIDUATION......Page 584
(2.) INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER......Page 594
XII. THE SUPREME WISDOM OF THE UNCONSCIOUS AND THE PERFECTION OF THE WORLD......Page 603
NATURE OF THE PROBLEM......Page 613
First Stage OF THE ILLUSION: HAPPINESS IS CONSIDERED AS HAVING BEEN ACTUALLY ATTAINED AT THE PRESENT STAGE OF THE WORLD’S DEVELOPMENT, ACCORDINGLY ATTAINABLE BY THE INDIVIDUAL OF TO-DAY IN HIS EARTHLY LIFE (ANCIENT WORLD—CHILDHOOD)......Page 621
(1.) CRITICISM OF SCHOPENHAUER’S THEORY OF THE NEGATIVE CHARACTER OF PLEASURE......Page 622
(2.) HEALTH, YOUTH, FREEDOM, AND A COMPETENCE AS CONDITIONS OF THE ZERO-POINT OF FEELING AND CONTENTMENT......Page 630
(3.) HUNGER AND LOVE......Page 633
(4.) COMPASSION, FRIENDSHIP, AND DOMESTIC FELICITY......Page 644
(5) VANITY, SENSE OF HONOUR, AMBITION, LUST OF FAME AND POWER......Page 651
(6.) RELIGIOUS EDIFICATION......Page 657
(7.) IMMORALITY......Page 658
(8.) SCIENTIFIC AND ART-ENJOYMENT......Page 660
(9.) SLEEP AND DREAMS......Page 664
(10.) THE ACQUISITIVE INSTINCT AND COMFORT......Page 666
(12.) HOPE......Page 668
(13.) RESUMÉ......Page 670
Second Stage OF THE ILLUSION: HAPPINESS IS CONCEIVED ATTAINABLE BY THE INDIVIDUAL IN A TRANSCENDENT LIFE AFTER DEATH (MIDDLE AGE—YOUTH)......Page 674
Third Stage OF THE ILLUSION: HAPPINESS RELEGATED TO THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD (MODERN TIMES—MANHOOD). CONCLUSION (OLD AGE)......Page 686
XIV. THE GOAL OF EVOLUTION AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS (TRANSITION TO PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY)......Page 706
XV. THE ULTIMATE PRINCIPLES......Page 724
(1.) RETROSPECT OF EARLIER PHILOSOPHIES......Page 727
(2.) THE WILL......Page 736
(3.) THE PRESENTATION OR IDEA......Page 747
(4.) THE IDENTICAL SUBSTANCE OF BOTH ATTRIBUTES......Page 758
(5.) THE POSSIBILITY OF METAPHYSICAL KNOWLEDGE......Page 765
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVE-CENTRES......Page 773
(1.) INTRODUCTION......Page 774
(2.) NERVE-FIBRE AND GANGLION-CELL......Page 777
(3.) THE SPINAL CORD......Page 783
(4.) THE INNER PSYCHICAL ASPECT OF THE REFLEX PROCESS......Page 787
(5.) THE TELBOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE REFLEX FUNCTION......Page 793
(6.) THE FOUR CHIEF GRADES OF NERVE CENTRES......Page 803
(7.) THE MORPHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PARTS OF THE BRAIN......Page 811
(8.) THE CENTRES OP THE SPACE-SENSES......Page 814
(9.) THE CEREBELLUM......Page 817
(10.) THE FORE-BRAIN......Page 820
(11.) THE CO-OPERATION AND SUBORDINATION OF THE NERVE-CENTRES......Page 824
(12.) ORGANISM AND SOUL......Page 833
ADDENDA......Page 839
INDEX......Page 895