Full Idea
My immediate consciousness is composed of two constituent parts, the consciousness of my passivity, the sensation; and the consciousness of my activity, in the production of an object according to the principle of causality.
Gist of Idea
Consciousness has two parts, passively receiving sensation, and actively causing productions
Source
Johann Fichte (The Vocation of Man [1800], 2)
Book Reference
Fichte,Johann G.: 'The Vocation of Man', ed/tr. Preuss,Peter [Hackett 1987], p.44
A Reaction
Kind of obvious, but unusual to make this sharp binary division. Modern neuroscience strongly militates against any and every simple binary division of brain activities.