1. an individual is a
collection of "memories" going back to his first appearance on earth. In other words, he is the
composite of all his
facsimiles plus his
impulse to be.
Individuality dependes upon
facsimiles.
(HFP, p. 111)2. somebody who is
operating in
coordination with himself twenty-four hours a
day. That's an individual. An
organism which is unhappy,
aberrated, is an
organism which is working at
cross purposes with itself twenty-four hours a
day.
(5110CMllB)3. when we say the individual we are talking about something as precise as an
apple. We are not talking about a
collection of
behavior patterns which we all
learned about in the
study of
rats. We are talking about something that is
finite. We are talking about somebody. The somethingness that you are and the capabilities you can be and this is what we are talking about. We are not talking about the
color of your hair or the length of your feet. We are talking about you.
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