Ontology terminates where psychoanalysis’s first principles begin.

Evidence

Indeed this is the point where ontology must stop; its final discoveries are the first principles of psychoanalysis. Henceforth we must have another method since the object is different. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1347

Categorization

  • XREF: Marks the systematic boundary in Sartre’s architectonic — relevant backdrop for how Beauvoir moves from being to lived feminine situation. — connects to: Ontology cannot prove that being’s self-foundation is the meaning of consciousness’ nihilation — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1436; Existential psychoanalysis rejects the unconscious and makes psychic acts coextensive with consciousness — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1340
  • DEFINE: Establishes the methodological transition point between ontology and psychoanalysis within Sartre’s system.

Broader Connections