 Life articulates or expresses itself differently in three “functions” or “comportments” [Verhaltungen], as life is lived in [1] “feeling” [Empfinden] or affectivity, [2] “willing” [Wollen], and [3] “cognizing” [Vorstellen] (ST, 32). Life is divided between the two antithetical or opposite poles of spontaneity and dependence (ST, p. 9), which, applied to the different comportments or functions of life, yields [1] the tension between motivation and spontaneity in volition, [2] the opposition in cognition between objective, matter-of-fact representation [Sachlichkeit] and spontaneous projection of formed images [Bildlichkeit] as the object of knowledge, and [3] the polarity between dependence on others versus ownness [Eigenheit] in the domain of affectivity (ST, p. 32).