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Unconscious (Aphorism 5)

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The Unconscious Is Not Master in Its Own House

i like this idea of will being distorted, and that the way that it's distorted is the unconscious. I consciously want to do a certain thing, and the unconscious is what slightly distorts it, so i end up doing something else. It's not subconscious implies a hierarchy and means you can be above it. The ego is not master in its own house. Unconscious worms its way into all registers of psychic life.

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