Project Gutenberg 2007-02-24 Public domain in the USA. 198 Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885 1930 Lawrence, D.H. Lawrence, David Herbert Davison, Lawrence H. (Lawrence Herbert) 22023375 Fantasia of the Unconscious E-text prepared by Michael Ciesielski, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Fantasia of the Unconscious" by D. H. Lawrence is a philosophical essay written in the early 20th century. The work explores the nature of the unconscious mind, human relationships, and the dynamic interplay of sexuality, creativity, and consciousness. Lawrence’s writing reflects his views on psychoanalysis, spirituality, and the essence of life, emphasizing a subjective interpretation of human experience over objective scientific reasoning. The opening of the text presents a foreword where Lawrence directly addresses readers, expressing a disdain for those who seek to critique his work without understanding its depth. He introduces the concept of the unconscious, criticizing the reductionist views of psychoanalysis, particularly those of Freud. Lawrence argues that while sexual motives play a significant role in human behavior, they are not the sole drivers of our actions. Instead, he posits that a higher, creative impulse motivates human activity and urges a redefinition of how we understand human desires and motivations, laying the groundwork for the themes to be explored in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Subconsciousness Sex Psychoanalysis BF Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 420094 419950 2024-09-09T06:19:56.622334 2023-09-09T08:56:36.756668 text/html text/html 424647 2007-02-24T14:40:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 171771 2007-02-24T14:40:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 238227 2024-09-09T06:20:03.562277 application/epub+zip 239637 2024-09-09T06:19:58.358327 application/epub+zip 212547 2024-09-09T06:19:57.350299 application/epub+zip 420894 2024-09-09T06:20:07.857253 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376495 2024-09-09T06:20:02.716302 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350455 2022-09-09T15:45:29.231820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 385325 385221 2024-09-09T06:19:55.677334 2023-09-09T08:56:36.088689 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 385069 2007-02-24T14:32:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 141072 2007-02-24T14:32:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 385080 2007-02-24T14:32:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141034 2007-02-24T14:32:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20907 2024-09-09T06:20:08.006270 application/rdf+xml 14743 2024-09-09T06:19:57.709294 image/jpeg 3905 2024-09-09T06:19:57.529290 image/jpeg 220291 2024-09-09T06:19:56.672326 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia