I read an essay by Sartre many years ago. It was an interesting discussion about eye, eyesight and vision. I cannot remember the details, and that's why I want to read it again. Do you know the title of such essay from Sartre?
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Do you mean "The Gaze" in Being for Others in *Being and Nothingness* or are you referring to an essay about literal vision? – virmaior Jul 10 '14 at 05:37
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Seeing and Nothingness. (jk) – user4894 Jul 10 '14 at 20:29
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As far as I remember, it was about literal vision. But then again it was a long time ago so I might be wrong. I will check Being and Nothingness and let you know. – Ali Alavi Jul 16 '14 at 13:50
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Are you thinking of his theory of 'The Gaze' in Being and Nothingness (chapter 1, section 4)? There are also many other discussions of vision and the visual field in that work. Sartre enters a park and discovers he is alone. He is at the 'still point' of the world, his self is 'focus of its visual kingdom'. But then someone else enters the park: 'the intruder himself stands at his own centre of things'. And so on.
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