DEFINITION: (noun) State of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness.
SYNONYMS: awareness.
USAGE: The movie's premise, that machines had evolved a certain element of sentience and were rebelling against their human oppressors, made me nervous to turn on my computer.Discuss

Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms. The passions may rage furiously, like true heathens, as they are; and the desires may imagine all sorts of vain things: but judgment shall still have the last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision. Discuss