From the very fact, indeed, that I am conscious of the motives which solicit my action, these motives are already transcendent objects from my consci… - Jean-Paul Sartre

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From the very fact, indeed, that I am conscious of the motives which solicit my action, these motives are already transcendent objects from my consciousness, they are outside; in vain shall I seek to cling to them: I escape from them through my very existence. I am condemned to exist forever beyond my essence, beyond the affective and rational motives of my act: I am condemned to be free.