The perceived object is always surpassed toward the self’s own possibilities
Evidence
Since I am always beyond what I am, about-to-come to myself, the “this” to which I am present appears to me as something which I surpass toward myself. The perceived is originally the surpassed; it is like a conductor in the circuit of selfness, and it appears within the limits of this circuit. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 605
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines perception itself as a surpassing movement within the circuit of selfness, rather than a passive reception.
- XREF: The ‘circuit of selfness’ circuit metaphor connects to the earlier discussion of the this and selfness in prior chapters. — connects to: All determination is surpassing, and Dasein directs it toward itself — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 213; Possibilities often reveal themselves only through the very act of realizing them — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 246; Perceiving one’s own body as an object converts its lived possibilities into dead-possibilities (+5 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: All determination is surpassing, and Dasein directs it toward itself — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 213; Possibilities often reveal themselves only through the very act of realizing them — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 246; Perceiving one’s own body as an object converts its lived possibilities into dead-possibilities (+5 more)