"To be resurrected - to be the same person you were - you must have your memory perfectly fresh and present; because it is the memory that makes your identity. If your memory is lost, how will you be- you the same man? » — VoltairePerhaps even Voltaire looked in the mirror and asked himself the same things I ask myself every day Who am I and who will I become. Am I the same person as I was ten years ago? Some philosophers might ask, “Am I the same person who continues to exist over time, despite changes in my body? Are we today the people we were last week? These types of questions may seem superficial on the surface, but deep down they form the basis of self-perception Philosopher David Hume would argue. the psychological mind or memory It is the mind rather than the body that creates our personal identity. Hume believed that “the identities of persons and objects are two sides of the same coin.” In other words, objects and human beings were the same yesterday or ten years ago as they are today. Although we may have changed in different ways over time, the same self or object is still present today as it was then. Although I agree with these beliefs, I only have to argue with one statement that I have learned throughout this course. . The Self is apparently none other than your soul or inner being. The person is who you have been, who you are now and in the future. In other words, I believe that self-perception is more of an inner state of mind, while the person is the body or exterior in which the self lives. Which leads me to agree with Hume's belief that we are the same selves we have always been. , but the person we grow into is very busy going through many different changes. An object...... middle of paper ......d inside and agreed with each other that the soul remained the same; just like the ship that sailed into the harbor and was renovated, they still look like a shiny new penny, but the same soul still remained on the outside. How do I know I'm the same person I was ten years ago? I know I am, because I was born in this body which has gone through many changes and life-changing events, but the same me exists in this body and my "self" will remain with this body even after it expires . I still am and always will be the same me. Works Cited Hume, David. “The me”. . Feinberg ed. Belmont: Wadsworth, 1993, p. 324-326Waldow, A. (2010). Identity of people and objects: why Hume saw the two as two sides of the same coin. Journal of Scottish Philosophy, 8(2), 147-167. doi:10.3366/jsp.2010.0004