Contemplating one’s death reveals oneself as the future prey of others.

Evidence

Thus the very existence of death alienates us wholly in our own life to the advantage of the Other. To be dead is to be a prey for the living. This means therefore that the one who tries to grasp the meaning of his future death must discover himself as the future prey of others. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1265

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces a novel form of alienation: death alienates the for-itself to the Other in a way that cannot be nihilated by freedom’s self-positing, unlike the alienations studied in the For-others section.
• XREF: Extends the body of being-for-others (the Look, shame, the Other’s transcendence-transcending) established in earlier chapters, now into the dimension of death. — connects to: Fear of death is the ego relinquishing its narcissistic cathexis — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 2706; At death a life becomes an in-itself whose meaning only others sustain. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 63; Death converts the for-itself into an in-itself that only others can interpret — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1259 (+6 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Fear of death is the ego relinquishing its narcissistic cathexis — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 2706; At death a life becomes an in-itself whose meaning only others sustain. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 63; Death converts the for-itself into an in-itself that only others can interpret — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1259 (+6 more)