Now one might think that as the representations jostle towards equilibrium they will become less “conscious [bewusst]” (i.e., less perceptible to consciousness), and of course this is true for each inhibited representation with respect to its own (hypothetical) uninhibited start-state. But at issue here is the clarity of the representations joined in opposition. A moment’s reflection suggests that at the moment of collision, when the inhibition sum \(S_n\) is highest, neither representation will be at all clear to consciousness, but on the contrary, be least perspicuous; considered separatim, the representations will be obscure. Therefore, as \(S_n\) falls over time, the representations gradually “rise”, becoming more and more perspicuous and clear, though less vivacious than in a solitary state (cf. Felsch 1904: 195; Weiss 1928: 83).