Soul’s withdrawal into habitual unconsciousness enables consciousness to emerge

Evidence

Unconsciousness (la non-conscience) is necessary for the emergence of consciousness: the soul, no longer immersed in the particularity of external determinations, is ‘open to be otherwise occupied and engaged – say with feeling and with mental consciousness in general’. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 575

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Habit’s reversible soul-body translation constitutes the Self and awakens consciousness. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 573; Through habit the soul regains a nature it natively lacks. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 572; Unconsciousness in habit is the necessary condition for consciousness — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 575