least can be resolved by analysis into them. We
cannot rigidly prove that there is not an objective
self sui generis which pervades, accompanies, or is
somehow experienced along with the general con-
tent. All that we really need to say is, that no one
has been able to demonstrate such a factor in con-
tent. When you analyze, the self reduces to the
forms of content we have described, and no residue
can be detected. The self must then be described
either as certain factors of content in combination;
or as a certain form of combination of content, in
simultaneity and succession; or as both. How large
a part the form of combination of content plays
in the self is a problem too difficult to be taken up
here, and is not important for our purposes. Under
any plan of description the self is wholly content.

The first elements we notice when we attend to
the self and attempt to analyze it, are bodily sen-
sations. Sensations of warmth, cold, and pressure
from the surfaces, with sensations from the joints,
muscles, and viscera; combine into a mass which
is constantly present, even in the lighter phases of
sleep. This mass is a part of the "me" in a pro-
found sense. On the other hand, certain other sen-
sations from the same organs are not fused with
this mass, but stand off from it as something for-

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