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[from 'Transcendence of the Ego' by Jean-Paul Sartre, in 16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self ]

Full Idea

Might it not be precisely the reflective act that brings the me into being in reflected consciousness?

Gist of Idea

Maybe it is the act of reflection that brings 'me' into existence

Source

Jean-Paul Sartre (Transcendence of the Ego [1937], I (B))

Book Reference

Sartre,Jean-Paul: 'The Transcendence of the Ego' [Routledge 2004], p.11


A Reaction

He admits some sort of self a second-order entity, but this is 'transcendental', and essentially an illusion. This elimination of the first-order self clears the way for the existential view, that we can create whatever self we want. I disagree.