In reflection, the reflective and reflected-on are neither identical nor fully separate

Evidence

This phenomenon of reflection is a permanent possibility of the for-itself because reflective scissiparity exists potentially in the for-itself which is reflected-on; it suffices in fact that the reflecting for-itself (reflétant) posit itself for it as a witness of the reflection (reflet) and that the for-itself (the reflection) posit itself for it as a reflection of this reflecting. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 513 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reflection is the for-itself grounding itself as a for-itself; Reflection is a second attempt by the for-itself to found itself; Reflection is structurally possible because the for-itself splits into reflecting and reflected — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 513 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Reflection is a second attempt by the for-itself to found itself #expands (0.90)
• Reflection is structurally possible because the for-itself splits into reflecting and reflected #expands (0.90) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 513
• Reflection aims impossibly to unify the for-itself with itself into a totality #expands (0.85)
• Reflection splits consciousness in a split never completed #qualifies (0.85)
• Reflection is consciousness attempting to become its own object #qualifies (0.85)
• Reflection is an intermediate stage of nihilation between self-existence and existence-for-others #expands (0.80) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 513