the self
One's own being
The self is one's own person considered as a distinct individual—the essential "I" that persists through time and experience.
Philosophy and psychology treat the self as the subject of consciousness, the thing that thinks and perceives: a sense of self, true to one's self.
The self can be divided conceptually: the public self versus the private self.
In compound forms, self typically means directed toward oneself: self-awareness, self-doubt, self-love.
- egoOne's self-image
- identityWho someone is
- soulInnermost animating essence
- psycheTotal mental life
- personaAssumed public identity
consciousness · inner voice · I · me · myself · inner · reflection · mirror · looking glass · awareness · being · essence · know thyself · individuality · spirit · mind · inner life · autobiography
- identityidentity, personal identity, ego, individuality, individuation
- philosophyethics, logic, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology
- existentialismexistence, authenticity, existential angst, existential crisis, angst
- stream of consciousnessstream of consciousness, interior monologue, free association, inner voice, thought process
- KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard, leap of faith, angst, subjectivity, existential dread
the selfsociety
Organized communal human existence
the masses · the herd · the public · humanity · others
the selfnon-self
Foreign biological material
ego death · selflessness · ego dissolution · non-attachment · the void
self, selves, selfhood, selfish, selfishly, selfishness, unselfish, unselfishly, unselfishness