 By the word, “representation”, we … mean the phenomenon insofar as we may encounter it in consciousness; by contrast, the expression, “self-preservation of the psyche [Seele]” refers to the real act [realer Actus], which immediately brings forth the phenomenon. This real act is not an object of consciousness, for it is the activity itself that makes consciousness possible. Thus “self-preservation of the psyche” and “representation” go together as action and occurrence [Thun und Geschehen; i.e., action (and simultaneously resulting) occurrence]. (SW V: 401)