Unconscious Memory

""Unconscious Memory"" is a non-fiction work by Samuel Butler, first published in 1880. In this book, Butler explores the concept of unconscious memory and its role in shaping human behavior and thought. He argues that our experiences and memories are not always consciously accessible, but that they still influence our actions and decisions on a subconscious level. Butler draws on examples from literature, science, and everyday life to illustrate his ideas, and he also delves into the philosophical implications of unconscious memory. This book is a thought-provoking exploration of the workings of the human mind, and it remains relevant to contemporary discussions of psychology and consciousness.Professor Hering's philosophy of the unconscious is of extreme simplicity. He rests upon a fact of daily and hourly experience, namely, that practice makes things easy that were once difficult, and often results in their being done without any consciousness of effort. But if the repetition of an act tends ultimately, under certain circumstances, to its being done unconsciously, so also is the fact of an intricate and difficult action being done unconsciously an argument that it must have been done repeatedly already.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.