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Full Idea
Consciousness is, on the one hand, consciousness of the object, and on the other, consciousness of itself.
Gist of Idea
Consciousness is both of objects, and of itself
Source
Georg W.F.Hegel (Phenomenology of Spirit [1807], p.052), quoted by Stephen Houlgate - An Introduction to Hegel 03 'The Method'
Book Ref
Houlgate,Stephen: 'An Introduction to Hegel' [Blackwell 2005], p.52
A Reaction
Hume challenges whether there is any knowledge of consciousness purely in itself. Schopenhauer flatly disagreed (Idea 4166) - but then he would, wouldn't he?
Related Idea
Idea 4166 A consciousness without an object is no consciousness [Schopenhauer]