The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 121 of 254

The self is a function, not a substance

We only go wrong if we’re too impressed by this unity and assume that it means that underlying it is a single thing. But the self is not a substance or thing, it is a function of what a certain collection of stuff does.

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