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Full Idea
Individuals contain many more persons than they think. 'Person' is merely a point of emphasis, synopsis of characteristics and qualities
Gist of Idea
A 'person' is just one possible abstraction from a bundle of qualities
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 25[363])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.95
A Reaction
He makes similar remarks abour character. For Locke 'person'' is a forensic and legal concept, and so must be enduring and unique.
Related Idea
Idea 24126 We contain multitudes of characters, which can brought into the open [Nietzsche]
| 180 | We call a person the same throughout life, but all their attributes change [Plato] |
| 181 | Only the gods stay unchanged; we replace our losses with similar acquisitions [Plato] |
| 12809 | Nothing about me is essential [Locke] |
| 24139 | A 'person' is just one possible abstraction from a bundle of qualities [Nietzsche] |
| 15803 | Bad theories of the self see it as abstract, or as a bundle, or as a process [Chisholm] |
| 21843 | People consist of many undetermined lines, some rigid, some supple, some 'lines of flight' [Deleuze] |