To make myself visible as I am now, when I sense that the cadaver that I occupy is almost worn out or that the organs are no longer working very well, I breathe myself into a young body that has just died.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- To remain visible when his current body fails, the narrator breathes himself into a recently deceased young body.
- In plain terms
- The narrator moves his consciousness into a dead body when his own gets too weak.
- What can you take from it?
- Identity may persist independently of the physical body.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is identity tied to the body?
- What makes a self continuous?
Another view
This concept relies on unproven assumptions about consciousness.
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