The movement of recognition of the two self consciousnesses commands a relation of multilayered reciprocity, consisting in wht may be called specularity (What does the one, the other does at the same time), ambidirectionality (What does the one against oneself, it does against the other at the same time) and ambioriginality (What dos the one against the otherm the other does against itself). It is especially this second point demanding absolute reciprocity that Hegel summarised by using a succint formula: "They recognise each other as mutually recognizing each other".

Zdravko Kobe: True Sacrifice, on Hegel’s Presentation of Self-Consciousness