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According to Locke, personal identity ( the self ) " depends on consciousness, not on substance " nor on the soul.
We are the same person to the extent that we are conscious of our past and future thoughts and actions in the same way as we are conscious of our present thoughts and actions.
If consciousness is this " thought " which doubles all thoughts, then personal identity is only founded on the repeated act of consciousness: " This may show us wherein personal identity consists: not in the identity of substance, but ... in the identity of consciousness ".
For example, one may claim to be a reincarnation of Plato, therefore having the same soul.
However, one would be the same person as Plato only if one had the same consciousness of Plato's thoughts and actions that he himself did.
Therefore, self-identity is not based on the soul.
One soul may have various personalities.

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