Access to another’s being requires their self-knowledge, which is impossible

Evidence

No one can, however, unveil the world for another. Although one Subject may initiate the unveiling on behalf of others, the others must also become Subjects of this act. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 540 (#expands, via linked claim)

This essential fluidity of our boundaries further implies that we also know our boundaries as such—first the individual and then in general. For only whoever stands outside his boundary in some sense knows that he stands within it, that is, knows it as a boundary. Kaspar Hauser did not know that he was in prison until he came into the open and could see the walls from without. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 787 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Trust between strangers cannot rest on friendship’s personal knowledge model.; Understanding others requires no shared experience — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 892; Self-enclosure in one’s own ego permanently blocks genuine connection to the other. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 497 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• No one can unveil the world for another person. #expands (0.82) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 540
• Trust between strangers cannot rest on friendship’s personal knowledge model. #corroborates (0.78)
• Even mental undressing of another requires literally incarnating oneself. #expands (0.78)
• Self-knowledge of one’s limits requires a vantage point outside them #corroborates (0.78) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 787
• People inevitably perceive others through generalization because full individual knowledge is impossible #expands (0.76) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 173
• Self-enclosure in one’s own ego permanently blocks genuine connection to the other. #corroborates (0.75) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 497
• The body-for-the-Other constrains precisely because it can never be grasped #corroborates (0.74) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 916
• Understanding others requires no shared experience #contradicts (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 892
• Self-perception is impossible because the for-itself is contingency #complicates (0.72)
• Achievement-subjects cannot be gratified because recognition requires an Other who is absent. #complicates (0.72) — Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society, 99