Reflection splits consciousness in a split never completed

Evidence

This phenomenon of reflection is a permanent possibility of the for-itself because reflective scissiparity exists potentially in the for-itself which is reflected-on; it suffices in fact that the reflecting for-itself (reflétant) posit itself for it as a witness of the reflection (reflet) and that the for-itself (the reflection) posit itself for it as a reflection of this reflecting. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 513 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reflective consciousness alone can dissociate itself from what it posits — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 330; Reflection aims to make the self-coincident being that consciousness can never simply be — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 511; In reflection, the reflective and reflected-on are neither identical nor fully separate (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Reflection is consciousness attempting to become its own object #expands (0.95)
• Reflection is structurally possible because the for-itself splits into reflecting and reflected #corroborates (0.92) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 513
• Post-Ego reflection is an uncentered composition where opposed moments illuminate each other #expands (0.75)