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Additionally, the question In response to this
arises as to what determines question, Misbah Yazdi
the identity of an individual asserts that the only means of
across different points in preserving the essence of a
time. For instance, when human being is through the
pointing to a child in an old acceptance of the existence of
class photograph and claiming, the soul. The soul's
that's me, what distinguishes distinctiveness is what imparts
that particular child as oneself individuality to a person.
rather than any of the other According to Misbah Yazdi,
children? Furthermore, what all materials in this world
is it about the way that the undergo a perpetual cycle of
child relates to the present conversion and transformation
self that establishes her as the into other substances,
same person? Similarly, what resulting in the dissolution of
establishes the connection their unity.
between the present self and To illustrate this, consider
anyone who existed in the the realm of agriculture,
past? where a seed is planted in the
This inquiry is commonly soil to cultivate a flower. The
referred to as the question of organic components of the
personal identity over time, as soil are assimilated by the
it delves into whether the flower, yet the flower itself is
earlier and later versions of an not composed of the same
individual are the same or organic materials. It differs
distinct entities. Providing an from its source in numerous
answer to this question entails aspects. If this process were
explaining the conditions that to continue over thousands of
determine our persistence as years, with a human being
individuals. transitioning into a new body
of another human being, these
