| "The Transcendence of the Ego" is a short work by | | | | way they become nothing but transcendent objects. |
| Jean Paul Sartre, written in 1937 and which presents | | | | As objects they can not penetrate into the interior |
| us a phenomenological study of human consciousness. | | | | unity of our consciousness. This gives us the possibility |
| This work marked Sartre's break from the teachings | | | | to think that in contrast to previous theories stated that |
| of Edmund Husserl. | | | | people couldn't not feel same emotion same way that |
| He rejects the idea of regarding the ego as a part of | | | | there is nothing impenetrable about others, except for |
| our consciousness and doesn't place the ego inside of | | | | their consciousness. The consciousness stays the only |
| it. He rejects both — formal and material | | | | absolutely impenetrable for others. A consciousness |
| presence of the ego in our consciousness and tries to | | | | can't conceive another one but itself. The |
| prove that any ego is an external part of our | | | | transcendental sphere becomes accessible only to |
| consciousness like anybody else's one. It can be | | | | phenomenology which regards it as a sphere of |
| concluded from the following statements that our | | | | absolute existence and pure spontaneities which |
| emotions, my states and even our ego itself, cease to | | | | determined themselves. The ego doesn't own a |
| be our exclusive property. Phenomenology places | | | | consciousness, it isn't inside of it. |
| states, emotions outside the consciousness and this | | | | |