Without the for-itself there is no world, only undifferentiated being.

Evidence

World. The whole of non-conscious Being as it appears to the For-itself and is organized by the For-itself in “instrumental complexes.” Because of its facticity the For-itself is inescapably engaged in the world. Yet strictly speaking, without the For-itself, there would be not a world but only an undifferentiated plenitude of Being. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1530

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Defines world as for-itself-organized instrumental complexes, not merely a container of being.
  • XREF: The claim that facticity inescapably engages the for-itself in the world prefigures Beauvoir’s situated freedom. — connects to: A single nihilation of Being suffices to constitute the entire world. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 43; The for-itself is only the emptiness where the in-itself detaches — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 576; The for-itself is a relation to the world, not a separate entity — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 831 (+1 more)

Broader Connections