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not me

not me Not me refers to what is experienced as opposite to the ego or self: the external object or outer world.

Not me refers to what is experienced as opposite to the ego or self: the external object or outer world. In historical philosophical use, especially in Fichte, it names what stands against the ego and so limits and helps define its activity.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Non-ego” (Non-ego).
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