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    The limitation on simultaneous representations is the nec... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The psyche's apparent property of being able to activate only a very small number of representations simultaneously is not an intrinsic property of the psyche.

    The limitation on simultaneous representations is the necessary consequence of oppositions among representations themselves.

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    To sum up: One representation cannot so crowd out a second, since the remainder of \(b\), (i.e., \([R_b]\)), can never \(= 0\). On the other hand, two representations suffice to crowd out a third completely out of consciousness, making it incapable of affecting the state of mind (Gemüthszustand); and this is all the more the case for further representations with a weaker vivacity than c (SW V: 292). The limen is determined as a limit (“Gränze”) below which a representation is fully inhibited, bu

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