self-and-not-self
The opposition between the self (ego) and the not-self, drawing on German Idealist philosophy, highlighting the dialectical tension that underpins consciousness.
1 chapter across 1 book
Being and Nothingness (1943)Jean-Paul Sartre
Chapter 3: Transcendence in Sartre's Being and Nothingness explores the notion of transcendence primarily through Sartre's engagement with Heideggerian phenomenology, German Idealism, and Husserlian intentionality. The chapter critically examines the self's relation to the not-self, the role of temporality and space as forms of nothingness, and the foundational structures of consciousness as inherently transcendent. Sartre also revisits and revises Heidegger's concepts, emphasizing the ego's transcendental structure and the interplay between being and nothingness in constituting experience.