Philosophy
Narrative Identity and the Self Across Time
Quick fact
Philosopher Paul Ricoeur argued that our sense of self across time is maintained not by an unchanging substance, but by the continuous act of telling our life story—we are the authors of our own identity.
Why this is interesting
You are not the same person you were at age ten—yet you still feel like you. How do you know you're 'you' when almost everything about you has changed?