this sense of personal identity, when it emerges, can…

Page 159 this sense of personal identity, when it emerges, can be called the narrative self. With its appearance comes the ability to experience sophisticated emotions, like regret, as opposed to mere disappointments.

— from Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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There is the self that lives each moment and the self that remembers it afterward. And there is more than one you in daylight, too — the private self, the social self that lives in how we imagine others see us, and the narrative self that strings it all into a story. The self is not some fixed thing sitting behind your eyes looking out — your deepest identity is, in truth, none of your roles, none of your beliefs, none of your passing feelings. — Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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