apperception

apperception
noun /apəˈsɛpʃən/
a) The minds perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself.

For as she smiled I was gifted a glimpse past the apperception of an anonymous spherical quantity of human flesh; and into the individual.

b) Psychological or mental perception; recognition.

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