MIND AND SOUL Kneller’s portrait of John Locke, in Christ Church hall then; and ’tis by the same self with this present one that now reXects on it, that that Action was done’ (E, 335) So if we want to know whether A (at this moment) is the same person as B (some time ago) we ask whether A’s consciousness extends back to the actions of B If so, A is the same person as B; if not, not But what is it for a consciousness 225