从镜子看萨特作品中的“自我”

Mirrors and the "Ego" in Sartre

在萨特的文学作品中有一个经常出现的意象———镜子。镜子往往被萨特赋予了独特的意义,它暗含着一个重大的哲学命题,即人如何认识“自我”?在萨特的哲学中,“自我”只是一种理想状态的存在,它并不是一种实在。如果简单地将镜中映像当作“自我”,必将导致“自欺”。

The image of mirror is quite frequently seen in J. P. Sartre＇s （1905-1980） literary works. While it is often endowed with unique meanings by Sartre, the mirror implies an important philosophical proposition-how does one recognize his/her ego？ For Sartre, “ego”is merely some ideal state of being rather than the concrete. Simply regarding the mirror image as one＇s real “ego” will certainly lead to “self-deceit”.