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> [The Ego is a transparent mental image: You, the physical person as a whole, look right through it. You do not see it. But you see with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/the-ego-is-a-transparent-mental-image-you-the-physical-person-as-a/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

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## More by Thomas Metzinger

> [For a human being, to possess a consciously experienced first-person perspective means to have acquired a very specific functional profile and distinctive level of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/for-a-human-being-to-possess-a-consciously-experienced-first-person/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [At 19, I basically held the position that if you were intellectually honest and really wanted to get in touch with political reality then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/at-19-i-basically-held-the-position-that-if-you-were-intellectually/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [I think that there is an ongoing conspiracy in the philosophical community, an organized form of self-deception, as in a cult, to simply all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/i-think-that-there-is-an-ongoing-conspiracy-in-the-philosophical/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [You cannot be a rational subject without veto-control on the level of mental action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/you-cannot-be-a-rational-subject-without-veto-control-on-the-level-of/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [Someone who cannot stop his outer flow of words will soon be unable to communicate with other human beings at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/someone-who-cannot-stop-his-outer-flow-of-words-will-soon-be-unable/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [I believe that if we would carefully apply the distinction between transparency and opacity to the different layers of the human self-model, looking at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/i-believe-that-if-we-would-carefully-apply-the-distinction-between/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [As far as inner action is concerned, we are only rarely truly self-determined persons, for the major part of our conscious mental activity rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/as-far-as-inner-action-is-concerned-we-are-only-rarely-truly-self/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [Subjectivity means to catch yourself in the act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/subjectivity-means-to-catch-yourself-in-the-act/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [Subjectivity is an ability, the capacity to use a new inner mode of presenting the fact that you currently know something to yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/subjectivity-is-an-ability-the-capacity-to-use-a-new-inner-mode-of/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [One of the interesting characteristics of the Ego Tunnel is that it creates (as Finnish philosopher Antti Revonsuo called it) a robust "out-of-the brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/one-of-the-interesting-characteristics-of-the-ego-tunnel-is-that-it/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [As a first-order approximation, I would say that phenomenality is "availability for introspective attention": Consciousness is a property of all those mental contents to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/as-a-first-order-approximation-i-would-say-that-phenomenality-is/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [I could never understand how someone would embark on their life without having first confronted and clarified the truly fundamental questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/i-could-never-understand-how-someone-would-embark-on-their-life/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [A lot of evidence shows that most of our cognitive processing is unconscious - phenomenal experience is just a very small slice or partition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/a-lot-of-evidence-shows-that-most-of-our-cognitive-processing-is/)

[Thomas Metzinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-metzinger/)

> [“First, we developed the self-model, because we had to integrate our sensory perceptions with our bodily behavior. Then this self-model became conscious, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/first-we-developed-the-self-model-because-we-had-to-integrate-our/)

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> [Only as long as we believe in our own identity over time does it make sense for us to make future plans, avoid risks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-metzinger/only-as-long-as-we-believe-in-our-own-identity-over-time-does-it-make/)

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