Personal Identity, Refers to the Mind, Body, and Soul; Comments on the Author John Perry

Personal Identity can be broken down into three areas: 1.) Body 2.) Memory and 3.) Soul. In John Perry's 'A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality' these composing aspects of personal identity are discussed at length. In the reading and class discussions the body was defined clearly as a part of one's person, even alluded to at times as a 'prison' in which one cannot escape until one dies. Memory and one's Soul seemed to be lumped together many times, understandably so, for the two bare many things in common such as they are intangible, cannot be completely defined as to what each exactly is (people remember things that did not actually happen to them, are those still memories?; do you have one soul throughout your life?), and both are thought to compose one's character and beliefs. …