7113 | Phenomenology assumes that all consciousness is of something |
7114 | The consciousness that says 'I think' is not the consciousness that thinks |
7112 | The Cogito depends on a second-order experience, of being conscious of consciousness |
7119 | Is the Cogito reporting an immediate experience of doubting, or the whole enterprise of doubting? |
20743 | Appearances do not hide the essence; appearances are the essence |
7125 | A consciousness can conceive of no other consciousness than itself |
7122 | We can never, even in principle, grasp other minds, because the Ego is self-conceiving |
7108 | The eternal truth of 2+2=4 is what gives unity to the mind which regularly thinks it |
6151 | Sartre says consciousness is just directedness towards external objects |
7111 | Consciousness exists as consciousness of itself |
7107 | Intentionality defines, transcends and unites consciousness |
3847 | Man is nothing else but the sum of his actions |
7109 | If you think of '2+2=4' as the content of thought, the self must be united transcendentally |
7106 | The Ego is not formally or materially part of consciousness, but is outside in the world |
7117 | How could two I's, the reflective and the reflected, communicate with each other? |
7123 | Knowing yourself requires an exterior viewpoint, which is necessarily false |
7116 | When we are unreflective (as when chasing a tram) there is no 'I' |
7124 | The Ego never appears except when we are not looking for it |
7120 | It is theoretically possible that the Ego consists entirely of false memories |
7110 | If the 'I' is transcendental, it unnecessarily splits consciousness in two |
7115 | Maybe it is the act of reflection that brings 'me' into existence |
7121 | The Ego only appears to reflection, so it is cut off from the World |
3846 | Man IS freedom |
6164 | Sartre rejects mental content, and the idea that the mind has hidden inner features |
20762 | There are no values to justify us, and no excuses |
3852 | If values depend on us, freedom is the foundation of all values |
3843 | There is no human nature |
7074 | Man is a useless passion |
6687 | Man is the desire to be God |
20764 | In becoming what we want to be we create what we think man ought to be |
3848 | Cowards are responsible for their cowardice |
20763 | When my personal freedom becomes involved, I must want freedom for everyone else |
20755 | Fear concerns the world, but 'anguish' comes from confronting my self |
3842 | Existence before essence (or begin with the subjective) |
6868 | 'Existence precedes essence' means we have no pre-existing self, but create it through existence |
3844 | Existentialism says man is whatever he makes of himself |
20760 | Sincerity is not authenticity, because it only commits to one particular identity |
20754 | It is dishonest to offer passions as an excuse |
6571 | When a man must choose between his mother and the Resistance, no theory can help |
3851 | If I do not choose, that is still a choice |
20491 | States have a monopoly of legitimate violence |
3845 | Without God there is no intelligibility or value |