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Originally posted by Colin
There are probably characteristics you possess that you parents could tell us about that you still possess fron childhood. Maybe intelligent, argumentative, introspective. If you meet a girl later today that tells you that you are the smartest person she has ever met, it would probably make you happy. In some way, there are characteristics you possess that are at least "slighty stable". I'm sure your parents could tell us a lot about you.
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Good point. It indeed seems there is a slight form of stability.
However, I wonder if this stability isn't too vague to provide the idea of a 'real self'. It seems possible that such a vague notion of the self may well overlap with that of others at certain times, others may have the same characteristics at certain times. What I wonder about is if there is a truly distinguishing feature to be found, that sets one apart from others.