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Single Idea 12512

[catalogued under 16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity]

Full Idea

Let a person once find himself conscious of any of the actions of Nestor, he then finds himself the same person with Nestor.

Clarification

Nestor was a Greek, present at the siege of Troy

Gist of Idea

If someone becomes conscious of Nestor's actions, then he is Nestor

Source

John Locke (Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed) [1694], 2.27.14)

Book Reference

Locke,John: 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding', ed/tr. Nidditch,P.H. [OUP 1979], p.340


A Reaction

This seems to invite the sort of response Butler offered, that it would be a given that it was YOU who was thinking Nestor's thoughts, and presumably becoming puzzled thereby. If I imagine Troy, am I thinking Nestor's thoughts?