![]() ![]() ![]() In this way, a person is both being-in-itself and being-for-itself. These types of objects are locked into their essence and cannot change it.Ī being-for-itself, on the other hand, can define its essence above and beyond what it simply is. A rock, similarly, is a rock no matter what you do to it. No matter how you use a can-opener, its defining quality (i.e., essence) is that it is an object that opens cans. ![]() A can-opener is defined by what it does (opens cans) which defines what it is. Things that are not conscious, such as rocks, chairs, or can-openers, are what he referred to as being-in-itself. Jean-Paul Sartre: Being-in-itself and Being-for-itself Rock Carved by Drifting Sand, Below Fortification Rock, Arizona, by Timothy O’Sullivan, 1873, via MoMAįor Sartre, there are philosophically significant differences between the states of being between things in the world and people. ![]()
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