If you're gonna be a philosopher, how will you define the word self?
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If you're gonna be a philosopher, how will you define the word self?
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If you're gonna be a philosopher, how will you define the word self?
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A self is just a person, a living, breathing, thinking human being. ... But many philosophers would say that there is a difference between myself--- that's just me, John Perry --- and my Self. This self as some sort of inner being or principle, essential to, but not identical with, the person as a whole.