ABSTRACT
The elements are functions of the personality. Of them all it may be said that each is a function of something else and each has a function. In so far as each is a function the term "function" has a meaning similar to that with which it is associated in mathematics. Psycho-analytic investigation formulates premises that are as distinct from those of ordinary science as are the premises of philosophy or theology. Psycho-analytic elements and the objects derived from them have the following dimensions: extension in the domain of sense, extension in the domain of myth and extension in the domain of passion. The author shall consider an object to be sensible to psycho-analytic scrutiny if, and only if, it fulfils conditions analogous to the conditions that are fulfilled when a physical object's presence is confirmed by the evidence of two or more senses.
