Consciousness as instrument of action, 180 consciousness as interval
between possible and real action, 145, 179 consciousness as light from
zone of possible actions surrounding the real act, 179 consciousness and
locomotion, 262 consciousness plugged up by action, 144, 145. _See_
Torpor, Sleep consciousness as sketch of action, 207 intensity of,
varies with ratio of possible to real action, 145 Consciousness in
animals, as distinguished from the consciousness of plants, 130, 135-6,
143 as distinguished from the consciousness of man, 139-43, 180, 183,
184, 187, 188, 212, 263-9. _See_ Torpor, Sleep characteristic of
animals, torpor of plants, 109, 111, 113, 120, 128-9, 135-6, 181, 182,
292 as background of instinct and intelligence, 186 and brain, 180, 262,
263, 269, 270, 354 and choice, 110, 144-5, 179, 262-4 coextensive with
universal life, 186, 270 and creation, consciousness as demand for
creation, 261 current of, penetrating matter, 181, 270 as deficiency of
instinct, 145 in dog and man, 180 double form of, 179 function of, 207
as hesitation or choice, 143, 144 imprisonment of, 180, 183-4, 264 as
invention and freedom, 264, 270 in man as distinguished from, in lower
forms of life, 180, 263, 264, 267, 268 and matter, 179, 181-2 as motive
principle of evolution, 181-2 nullified, as distinguished from the
absence of consciousness, 143 and the