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Full Idea
The Ego never appears except when we are not looking for it.
Gist of Idea
The Ego never appears except when we are not looking for it
Source
Jean-Paul Sartre (Transcendence of the Ego [1937], II (D))
Book Ref
Sartre,Jean-Paul: 'The Transcendence of the Ego' [Routledge 2004], p.39
A Reaction
He denies that we know the Ego when engaged with the world, and agrees with Hume that the ego can't be directly known. All that is left is this, which seems to be introspection 'out of the corner of your eye'. Not persuasive.