Presence to being is a negative internal bond that negates what it confronts

Evidence

In addition we can deduce the following conclusions as to the meaning of Presence: Presence to a being implies that one is bound to that being by an internal bond; otherwise no connection between Present and being would be possible. But this internal bond is a negative bond and denies, as related to the present being, that one is the being to which one is present. If this were not so, the internal bond would dissolve into pure and simple identification. Thus the For-itself’s Presence to being implies that the For-itself is a witness of itself in the presence of being as not being that being; presence to being is the presence of the For-itself in so far as the For-itself is not. For the negation rests not on a difference in mode of being which would distinguish the For-itself from being but on a difference of being. This can be expressed briefly by saying that the Present is not. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 444

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines presence-to-being as a negative internal bond — the core negation that distinguishes for-itself from in-itself.
• XREF: This non-being of the present connects directly to Beauvoir’s development of the for-itself’s negativity as the ground of ethical freedom. — connects to: Being and non-being relate only through an internal nihilating bond — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 429; Self-presence requires an internal separation that is itself nothing; Presence to being defines the For-itself’s fundamental ontological structure — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 440 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Presence to being defines the For-itself’s fundamental ontological structure #expands (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 440
• The For-itself’s being consists in internal negation rather than self-coincidence #corroborates (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 445
• Self-presence requires an internal separation that is itself nothing #expands (0.80)
• Subjectivity cannot reside in its own being but haunts itself #corroborates (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 374
• Possession is an internal bond of being, not an external relation #expands (0.75) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1366