Fourth Lecture

Even more than what humans have immediately in their consciousness, the unconscious comes into consideration. The impulses of the will belong to the unconscious. More conscious than the impulses of the will, but still partly unconscious, are the impulses of feeling. The most conscious are the impulses of thought, for what one thinks, one is conscious of; indeed, one is conscious of it, but only if one really thinks, if one really lives in one's thoughts. But we do not always live in our thoughts. When people speak, they express impulses from the sphere of feeling and will; they often speak from the sphere of will or feeling.