Proving one’s alienation requires freely recognizing the Other’s freedom

Evidence

“Did my husband lose HIMSELF first, or did he lose ME first? For if he lost himself first, then he was already a slave when he bet me — and a slave owns nothing, and cannot bet what he does not own. So how can I have been lost?” — , A Year of World Stories, 7027 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Expression alienates thought, requiring the Other’s freedom to give it meaning; Assume the Other’s freedom to become limited by their gaze — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1234; Self-certainty requires recognition from the other (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Self-certainty requires recognition from the other #expands (0.88)
• A person who has lost own freedom cannot wager another’s #corroborates (0.72) — , A Year of World Stories, 7027