A philosopher looked for his 'self' and found only passing sensations

When David Hume introspected to find a stable, continuous self behind his thoughts, he reported finding nothing but a bundle of fleeting perceptions, one after another, with no unifying thread underneath. His 'bundle theory' denies any persistent soul or ego exists at all -- only the succession of experiences we mistake for one.

— David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature — Book I, Part IV, Section VI, 1739
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