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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity
1650 For Socrates our soul, though hard to define, is our self [Vlastos on Socrates]
     Full Idea: For Socrates our soul is our self - whatever that might turn out to be.
     From: comment on Socrates (reports of career [c.420 BCE]) by Gregory Vlastos - Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher p.55
     A reaction: The problem with any broad claim like this is that we seem to be able to distinguish between essential and non-essential aspects of the self or of the soul.