Reflection aims impossibly to unify the for-itself with itself into a totality

Evidence

But that is not true: to affirm that the consciousness (of) belief is consciousness (of) belief is to dissociate consciousness from belief, to suppress the parenthesis, and to make belief an object for consciousness; it is to launch abruptly on to the plane of reflectivity. … It is on the reflective level only that we can attempt an , a putting between parentheses, only there that we can refuse what Husserl calls the mitmachen. The consciousness (of) belief, while irreparably altering belief, does not distinguish itself from belief; it exists in order to perform the act of faith. Thus we are obliged to admit that the consciousness (of) belief is belief. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 330 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reflection is the for-itself grounding itself as a for-itself; Reflection’s privileged certitude is threatened because the reflected-on consciousness is always past.; Reflection aims to make the self-coincident being that consciousness can never simply be — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 511 (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• Reflection is consciousness attempting to become its own object #expands (0.85)
• Reflective consciousness alone can dissociate itself from what it posits #qualifies (0.75) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 330