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- noun The state of one's own
self oridentity ; one'sconscious personality .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The principle in question simply states that the essence of I-hood lies in the assertion of ones own self-identity, i.e., that consciousness presupposes self-consciousness (the Kantian “I think,” which must, at least in principle, be able to accompany all our representations).
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The same condition applies, of course, to the other; hence, mutual recognition of rational individuals turns out to be condition necessary for the possibility of I-hood in general.
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Since this activity of “self-positing” is taken to be the fundamental feature of I-hood in general, the first principle asserts that “the I posits itself as self-positing.”
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When you look thus, you surrender your I-hood; see things at last as the artist does, for their sake, not for your own.
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When you look thus, you surrender your I-hood; see things at last as the artist does, for their sake, not for your own.
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