Single Idea 571

[catalogued under 16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 1. Identity and the Self]

Full Idea

Who, except the philosopher, is going to ask whether Socrates and Socrates seated is the same thing?

Gist of Idea

Is Socrates the same person when standing and when seated?

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1004b01)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.83

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