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The Unconscious (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a contradiction in terms that philosophy keeps misreading as just another consciousness.

The Unconscious (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠itself only a deficient mode of consciousness — which therefore remains the dominant trait of our interpretation of mind.

The Unconscious (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its true sense is the night of unconsented resignation in which the ego reverts into itself under the trauma of persecution.

The Unconscious (n.) remains ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a play of consciousness — psychoanalysis means to secure its outcome by the rules of the game, declaring irresponsibility in the game a sickness.

The Unconscious (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Freud's sense, like Hegel's universal, Durkheim's social, statistical law and Heidegger's existential, is a foreign principle behind the I that can take on the demeanor of an enemy — against which stands Valéry's M. Teste, who wishes to be nothing but himself.