Single Idea 24016

[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / b. Essence of consciousness]

Full Idea

It is of the essence of consciousness to transcend itself

Gist of Idea

Consciousness always transcends itself

Source

Jean-Paul Sartre (Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions [1939], §III)

Book Reference

Sartre,Jean-Paul: 'Sketch for a Theory of Emotions' [Routledge 1994], p.53


A Reaction

As usual, I am a bit baffled by these sorts of pronouncement. Sounds like an oxymoron to me. Maybe it is a development of Schopenhauer's thought.

Related Idea

Idea 4166 A consciousness without an object is no consciousness [Schopenhauer]