The for-itself’s self-relation constitutes the world as circuitry of selfness.

Evidence

What must be noted here is that the For-itself is separated from the Presence-to-itself which it lacks and which is its own possibility, in one sense separated by Nothing and in another sense by the totality of the existent in the world, inasmuch as the For-itself, lacking or possible, is For-itself as a presence to a certain state of the world. In this sense the being beyond which the For-itself projects the coincidence with itself is the world or distance of infinite being beyond which man must be reunited with his possible. We shall use the expression Circuit of selfness (Circuit de ipséité) for the relation of the for-itself with the possible which it is, and “world” for the totality of being in so far as it is traversed by the circuit of selfness. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 386

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the key technical term ‘Circuit of selfness (Circuit de ipséité)’ and redefines ‘world’ as the totality of being traversed by that circuit.
• XREF: connects to: The for-itself is a relation to the world, not a separate entity — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 831; The nothing beyond being constitutes the circuit of selfness; The for-itself constitutes the world’s totality through radical negation (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The nothing beyond being constitutes the circuit of selfness #corroborates (0.85)
• The for-itself is a relation to the world, not a separate entity #expands (0.80) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 831
• The for-itself constitutes the world’s totality through radical negation #expands (0.75)