Re: virus: "the self"

Joel Meulenberg (meulenbj@river.it.gvsu.edu)
Fri, 25 Apr 1997 15:59:29 EDT

> I have a corporate body, a mind,
> consciousness, whatever, a collection of traits that together I call my
> "self."

I still often wonder what I mean when I say "I". I can talk about "my body",
"my mind", "my thoughts", "my self", etc. as if they are simply posessions
separate from the core me. So what's left over? Is that what we're referring
to when we say "I"?

Joel