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
- Ontology cannot prove that being’s self-foundation is the meaning of consciousness’ nihilation
#expands(0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1436 - Existential psychoanalysis rejects the unconscious and makes psychic acts coextensive with consciousness
#exemplifies(0.75) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1340