OBJECT and SUBJECT, inphilosophy, the terms used to denote
respectively the See also:world and consciousness . The See
also:term " object " (from See also:Lat. ob, over against, and
jacere, to throw) is used generally in philosophy for that in
which an activity of the mind ends, or towards which it is
directed . With these may be compared the ordinary uses of the
term for " thing " simply, or for that after which one strives,
or at which one aims . " Subject," literally that which is "
thrown under " (sub), is originally the material or content of a
discussion or thought, but in philosophy is used for the thought
or the thinking See also:person . The relation between the
thinking subject and the object thought is analogous to the
grammatical antithesis of the same terms: the " subject " of a
verb is the person or thing from which the See also:action
proceeds, while the " object," See also:direct or indirect, is
the person or thing affected . The true relation between mind or
thought (subject) and See also:mat