The word “and” expresses an external negation separating thises

Evidence

Thus cleavage comes from being, but there is cleavage and separation only through the presence of the For-itself to all of being. The negation of the unity of the negations in so far as it is a revelation of the indifference of being and in so far as it apprehends the indifference of the “this” with regard to the “that” and the “that” with regard to the “this,” is a revelation of the original relation of the thises in an external negation. The “this” is not “that.” This external negation within the unity of a totality capable of disintegration is expressed by the word “and.” “This is not that” is written “this and that.” — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 602

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sartre defines the function of the conjunction “and” as expressing external negation between discrete thises.
• XREF: This external-negation-as-“and” analysis resonates with the logical relation of conjunction, and connects to Beauvoir’s treatment of the other.

— connects to: The original relation between thises is external negation effected by the For-itself — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 600; Negation as a constituting act separates what is not factually distinct — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 581; Reason itself requires a vocabulary beyond common usage. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 662

• SHARE: A fascinating linguistic-ontological claim: the word “and” is the verbal mark of indifference between things.
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The original relation between thises is external negation effected by the For-itself — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 600; Negation as a constituting act separates what is not factually distinct — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 581; Reason itself requires a vocabulary beyond common usage. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 662

Broader Connections

• Negation as a constituting act separates what is not factually distinct #expands (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 581