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Full Idea
To discover one's own moral identity unaided, it is sufficient that between one state and a neighbouring (or just a nearby) one there be a mediating bond of consciousness, even if this has a jump or forgotten interval mixed into it.
Gist of Idea
We know our own identity by psychological continuity, even if there are some gaps
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (New Essays on Human Understanding [1704], 2.27)
Book Ref
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'New Essays on Human Understanding', ed/tr. Remnant/Bennett [CUP 1996], p.236
A Reaction
Leibniz appears to accept the psychological continuity view of personal identity (which was probably a new problem to him), even though he rightly rejects the account based purely on memory.