Will and Self-Objectification

Among the objects that Will encounters, and perhaps the most frequent ones, are parts of one's body, e. g. when one's right hand touches one's left wrist. Such an encounter itself is to be distinguished from the Comprehension of it, i. e. from the representation of the entire process, on the basis of which the existence of the object of touch can be inferred. But, an encounter entails the resistance of an object to Will, which in this case is the Motility of the left wrist, i. e. of Will itself. Hence, the event entails a double encounter, including, as well, one in which the right hand is an object to the left wrist, which, in turn, is also represented, by another exercise of Comprehension. An intra-corporeal encounter can thus be characterized as 'self-objectification', which is not to be confused with the more fundamental process in which Will is the matter of Comprehension.