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for-itself-personhood

The concept of the for-itself (pour-soi) as a self-conscious being who chooses itself as a person, involving shifts in pronoun usage to reflect personal subjectivity.

1 chapter across 1 book

Being and Nothingness (1943)Jean-Paul Sartre

book La Part du Diable was published in France in 1942 and translated into English as The Devil’s

This chapter primarily consists of detailed translator's notes and Sartre's own annotations elucidating complex philosophical terms, literary references, and linguistic nuances within Being and Nothingness. It addresses Sartre's exploration of the for-itself (pour-soi) and its self-constitution as a person, the interplay of freedom and death, and the use of puns and allusions to other philosophers and literary figures to deepen existential concepts. The chapter also highlights Sartre's engagement with Heidegger's notions, French and German cultural references, and the challenges of translating existentialist terminology.