The For-Itself's Becoming

Being and Nothingness

This thread traces the account of consciousness from presence to self through facticity, lack, value, and possibility.

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Presence to Self Presence to Self from "Being and Nothingness". Presence to Self A Divided Unity Consciousness is present to itself without coinciding with itself.

Presence to Self from "Being and Nothingness". Presence to Self A Divided Unity Consciousness is present to itself without coinciding with itself.

Presence to Self A Divided Unity Consciousness is present to itself without coinciding with itself. The relation contains a fissure that is not a separate thing. Result The for-itself exists by being at a distance from itself. Nothingness is not added to consciousness; it is its mode of being.

The Weight of Facticity The Weight of Facticity from "Being and Nothingness". The Weight of Facticity Contingent Existence The for-itself does not choose that it exists or the conditions into which it is thrown.

The Weight of Facticity from "Being and Nothingness". The Weight of Facticity Contingent Existence The for-itself does not choose that it exists or the conditions into which it is thrown.

The Weight of Facticity Contingent Existence The for-itself does not choose that it exists or the conditions into which it is thrown. Its presence in the world remains unjustifiable. Responsibility It nevertheless assumes responsibility for its way of being. Facticity cannot be removed, though freedom gives it meaning.

Lack and Desire Lack and Desire from "Being and Nothingness". Lack and Desire Desire as Structure Desire is not a self-contained psychic object. It exists as a lack directed toward a completion that is not yet present.

Lack and Desire from "Being and Nothingness". Lack and Desire Desire as Structure Desire is not a self-contained psychic object. It exists as a lack directed toward a completion that is not yet present.

Lack and Desire Desire as Structure Desire is not a self-contained psychic object. It exists as a lack directed toward a completion that is not yet present. Impossible Completion The for-itself seeks coincidence with itself, but any achieved state opens a new horizon of lack and possibility.

Value as the Lacked Value as the Lacked from "Being and Nothingness". Value as the Lacked Norm Beyond Being Value appears as the absent totality by which action is oriented.

Value as the Lacked from "Being and Nothingness". Value as the Lacked Norm Beyond Being Value appears as the absent totality by which action is oriented.

Value as the Lacked Norm Beyond Being Value appears as the absent totality by which action is oriented. It is neither a fact among facts nor a free-standing ideal. Dependence The for-itself is haunted by value because it seeks to found the being it lacks. This makes value both necessary to experience and impossible to possess.

Possibility and Selfness Possibility and Selfness from "Being and Nothingness". Possibility and Selfness The Possible Possibility is not merely a thought about what might happen.

Possibility and Selfness from "Being and Nothingness". Possibility and Selfness The Possible Possibility is not merely a thought about what might happen.

Possibility and Selfness The Possible Possibility is not merely a thought about what might happen. It is a structure of the for-itself, which exists beyond itself toward what it may be. Circuit The world becomes meaningful within the circuit of selfness. Instruments and tasks reflect possibilities without allowing consciousness to coincide with them.

Part Two, Chapter One, Section I

Part Two, Chapter One, Section II

Part Two, Chapter One, Section III

Part Two, Chapter One, Section III, after the account of desire

Part Two, Chapter One, Sections IV–V