German term
United Kingdom
Humanities, Social Sciences, Psychology
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: German to English, Italian to English
sein Gegenüber
Er hinter fragt und zeigt wie Aussagen und Ansichten entstehen.
Wortgewandt und philosophisch provoziert er die menschliche Existenz und sein Gegenüber. Er regt zum Hinschauen an und führt dich hinter die Frage selbst.
Many thanks in advance
| 4 +3 | his interlocutor |
Marc Svetov
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| 3 | his counterpart in this discussion |
Anna Augustin
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| 3 | his opponents |
Herbmione Granger
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Non-PRO (1): Björn Vrooman
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Proposed translations
his interlocutor
his counterpart in this discussion
He is talking to his counterpart in this discussion.
Germany
An American scholar based in Germany
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, English
his opponents
http://www.langenachtderphilosophie.ch/speakers/17-was-ist-m...
Bei Sören Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855) bekommt der Begriff „Existenz“ eine neue Bedeutung. Der dänische Philosoph spricht nämlich von den Menschen als Existierenden, vom Existieren des konkreten, einzelnen Menschen, von der Not des Existierenden. Existenz bezeichnet also die besondere Seinsweise des Menschen.
http://braungardt.trialectics.com/philosophy/philosophers/ki...
Kierkegaard considered G. W. F. Hegel as his philosophical opponent. As a student, Kierkegaard studied with Friedrich Schelling in Berlin. Schelling denounced Hegel’s philosophy as “negative.”
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I'm leaning towards "counterpart," if he is addressing the "higher self." It did seem to me like Gegenüber was general (hence the plural suggestion). It helps to know that he is borrowing from Eastern philosophy.
https://www.epubli.de/preview/publication/74745
Frage dich selbst - Frage das Selbst. Die Antwort steckt immer hinter der Frage.
http://www.seele-und-gesundheit.de/spiritualitaet/leere.html
Der Begriff Leere (Sanskrit शून्यता = ⇗Shunyata) ist in der buddhistischen Religionspraxis von zentraler Bedeutung. Shunyata verweist auf die Auffassung, dass keinem der zusammengesetzten Erscheinungen der Wirklichkeit ein eigenständiges, also separates Selbst innewohnt. Da auch die Person eine Erscheinung ist, die aus Bestandteilen besteht, ist sie, was ein Ich betrifft eigentlich leer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_self
Higher self is a term associated with multiple belief systems, but its basic premise describes an eternal, omnipotent, conscious, and intelligent being, who is one's real self. Blavatsky formally defined the higher self as "Atma the inseparable ray of the Universe and one self. It is the God above, more than within, us". Each and every individual has a Higher self.
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Note added at 16 hrs (2018-05-25 06:26:51 GMT)
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Übermensch is a similar idea. Unfortunately, often translated as Superman.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Übermensch
Brahman is similar and may be a more suitable basis for spiritual exploration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-self-450193
The Self Is No-Self
What's most important to understand about the skandhas is that they are empty. They are not qualities that an individual possesses because there is no-self possessing them. This doctrine of no-self is called anatman or anatta.
"The existential self and its counterpart" should work (assuming that this is consistent with the book's contents and style).
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Note added at 1 day 17 hrs (2018-05-26 07:15:04 GMT)
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They also mention that the author is a "Keyser Soze" in der spirituellen Szene. Had to look that up. Spoiler alert follows!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyser_Söze
According to petty con artist Roger "Verbal" Kint (Kevin Spacey), Söze is a crime lord whose ruthlessness and influence have acquired a legendary, even mythical, status among police and criminals alike. Further events in the story make these accounts unreliable, and, in a twist ending, a police sketch identifies Kint and Söze as one and the same.
I'm not saying that I'm right but that we're all speculating here, and the actual meaning is what the writer of the blurb intended.
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