Single Idea 24139

[catalogued under 16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 1. Self as Indeterminate]

Full Idea

Individuals contain many more persons than they think. 'Person' is merely a point of emphasis, synopsis of characteristics and qualities

Gist of Idea

A 'person' is just one possible abstraction from a bundle of qualities

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85 [1884], 25[363])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)', ed/tr. Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F. [Stanford 2022], p.95


A Reaction

He makes similar remarks abour character. For Locke 'person'' is a forensic and legal concept, and so must be enduring and unique.

Related Idea

Idea 24126 We contain multitudes of characters, which can brought into the open [Nietzsche]