Full Idea
Memory does not so much produce as discover personal identity, by showing us the relation of cause and effect among our different perceptions.
Gist of Idea
Memory only reveals personal identity, by showing cause and effect
Source
David Hume (Treatise of Human Nature [1739], I.IV.6)
Book Reference
'Personal Identity', ed/tr. Perry,John [University of California 1975], p.171
A Reaction
This is a rather strained proposal, as the revelation of a network of cause and effect seems to have no implications for personal identity (unless only 'I' could be the cause).