Single Idea 22225

[catalogued under 16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self]

Full Idea

My I, in efffect, is no more certain for consciousness than the I of other men. It is only more intimate.

Gist of Idea

My ego is more intimate to me, but not more certain than other egos

Source

Jean-Paul Sartre (Transcendence of the Ego [1937], p.104), quoted by Christine Daigle - Jean-Paul Sartre 2.1

Book Reference

Daigle,Christine: 'Jean-Paul Sartre' [Routledge 2010], p.23


A Reaction

Not sure how to assess this. Other people seem just as real as I do, when I encounter them, as friend or as foe. And in dealing with them we act as if dealing with their Self (rather than their legs, say). So this idea seems a good one.