Re: non-verbal thought

This non-verbal thought is a very interesting subject. Adler did mention in a book called Superiority and Social Interest that the unconscious is merely what we have been unable to formulate in clear concepts. However these ideas are not hiden in some unconscious but are part of the conscious. The problem is in fact that we have not fully understood the significance, or as steven is trying to say, haven't been put into any known or sharable language. Adler would use the term "not-understood" instead of unconious or non-verbal thought. However "non-verbal thought" seems to better fit the concept. Freud's id, the most pleasure seeking part of our unconscious, has been compared both to children for it selfcenteredness and to animals for the same (it's also interesting to note that the Transactionalist's equivalent to the id was called the child). Both animals and child lack superior verbal skills, depending mostly on non-verbal communication and would have to use non-verbal thought processes. It would seem to me that both steven and adler are correct, And I agree that non-verbal thought is better than the idea of not understood, because I think it is understood by us, but we run in to difficulty explaining it to some one else.

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