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
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.