12-21-2017, 12:00 AM
I've thought about this for years, and I think "true self"/"higher self", "false self"/"lower self", is imprecise. You might as well say good self and bad self.
I think "transcendental ego" and "empirical ego" are more precise. The transcendental ego is the absolute subjective self prior to and implied by all experiences, and the empirical ego is the EXPERIENCED you. You as object. What other people see when they look at you, but also the name on your drivers license. Your voting record, your criminal record, your resume.
Another way of saying it is being-in-itself (pure being) and being-for-itself (the being that wants and makes decisions, etc.)
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Actually "le regard", "the look", is a philosophical term that means the experience of realizing that you are not just SEEING (with your true self), you are also VISIBLE (???).
note: full disclosure I think it USUALLY means how men look at women. It got picked up by feminism obviously, but the existentialist connotations are earlier.
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Wait, sorry, what is the real meaning of Moby Dick?
I think "transcendental ego" and "empirical ego" are more precise. The transcendental ego is the absolute subjective self prior to and implied by all experiences, and the empirical ego is the EXPERIENCED you. You as object. What other people see when they look at you, but also the name on your drivers license. Your voting record, your criminal record, your resume.
Another way of saying it is being-in-itself (pure being) and being-for-itself (the being that wants and makes decisions, etc.)
...
Actually "le regard", "the look", is a philosophical term that means the experience of realizing that you are not just SEEING (with your true self), you are also VISIBLE (???).
note: full disclosure I think it USUALLY means how men look at women. It got picked up by feminism obviously, but the existentialist connotations are earlier.
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Wait, sorry, what is the real meaning of Moby Dick?