 For since consciousness always accompanies thinking, and 'tis that, that makes every one to be, what he calls self, and thereby distinguishes himself from all other thinking things, in this alone consists personal Identity, ie the sameness of a rational...  The Works of John Locke - Page 55by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 562 pages
...other thinking things; in this alone consists personal identity, ie the sameness of a rational being: and as far as this consciousness can be extended backwards...is the same self now it was then ; and it is by the eame self with this- present one that now reflects on it, that that action was done. 5 , . , . nr .... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1808 - 346 pages
...thinking things ; and in this alone consists personal identity, ie the sameness of a rational being: as far as this consciousness can be extended backwards...thought, so far reaches the identity of that person. Our consciousness being frequently interrupted, by forgetfulness, by such an intent regard to our present... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1813 - 518 pages
...the sameness of a rational^ beiiig_: and as far as this consciousness can be cxtendeiUt1acltjyards to any past action or thought, so far reaches the identity of that ptrson /""if isTthe same self nowltjwasT|ien"; and it is by the same self with this present one that... | |
 | David Levi - 1817 - 378 pages
...whether that self be continued in the sami or divers substances. So far reaches the identity of that same person. It is the same self now it \ was then ; and it was by the same self which now reflects on an action, that action was performed. Now, it is this personal... | |
 | Thomas Reid - Act (Philosophy). - 1827 - 706 pages
...that personal identity, that is, the sameness of a rational being, consists in consciousness alone, and, as far as this consciousness can be extended...thought, so far reaches the identity of that person. So that whatever hath the consciousness of present and past actions, is the same person to whom they... | |
 | Thomas Wallace (LL.D.) - 1827 - 132 pages
...thinking " things, in this ALONE consists Personal Identity— " ie the sameness of a Rational Being. And " as far as this consciousness can be extended...thought, so far " reaches the identity of that person." If Locke steadily abides by his own definition of person, and if he means by that word " mind," then... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 536 pages
...be what he calls self. In this alone consists personal identity, ie the sameness of rational being : and as far as this consciousness can be extended backwards...thought, so far reaches the identity of that person. But it is farther inquired, whether it be the same identical substance. This few would doubt of, if... | |
 | John Locke - 1831 - 458 pages
...be what he calls self. In this alone consists personal identity, ie the sameness of rational being : and as far as this consciousness can be extended backwards...thought, so far reaches the identity of that person. But it is farther inquired, whether it be the same identical substance. This few would doubt of, if... | |
 | Victor Cousin - Bookbinding - 1834 - 398 pages
...beings ; in this alone consists personal identity, that is, the sameness of a rational being ; and so far as this consciousness can be extended backwards...identity of that person ; it is the same self now that it was then, and it is by the same self with this present one that now reflects on it, that that... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1846 - 1080 pages
...personal identity — that is, the sameness of a rational being — consists in consciousness alone, and, as far as this consciousness can be extended...thought, so far reaches the identity of that person. So that, whatever hath the consciousness of present and past actions, is the same person to whom they... | |
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