e***e 发帖数: 3872 | 1 [cont...]
Now all instincts at work within us as sensuous beings may be
reduced to two fundamental instincts. First, we posses an instinct
to alter the condition we find ourselves in, to express our existence,
to be effective, all of which amount to acquiring representations
or notions for ourselves. This fundamental instinct can thus be
called "the instinct to represent things to ourselves" or, in short,
"the cognitive instinct" [Vorstellungstrieb]. Second, we possess an
instinct to maintain |
|