self observation, n.All

Self-observation (n.) means ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the ego can treat the rest of itself like an object — which is what gives the old double a new meaning.

Self-observation (n.) changes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what it observes, the sceptic objects: as I turn to my centaur's modes of appearance, the whole experience grows fluid, and what I now see may be something new rather than what was there.