I will argue that Locke believed that if you remain the same person, there are various entities contained within my composite body and soul that do not remain the same over time, or that we can imagine them changing. These entities are matter, the organism (human), the person (rational consciousness and memory) and the soul (immaterial thinking substance). This is an intuitive interpretation that creates many questions and problems. I will evaluate Locke's view by explaining what personal identity is and what forms, and then explaining how these changes can occur while a human remains the same person. Locke believed that a person's identity could be attributed to consciousness. He believed that a person would remain the same as long as his consciousness remained the same throughout his life: "Consciousness always accompanies thought and makes each person what he calls 'self' and thus distinguishes himself from all others . think about things; In this alone consists personal identity, that is to say the identity of a rational being; and as far as this consciousness can be extended back to any past action or thought, so far reaches the identity of that person” (Essay II.xxvii.9). Locke believes that your body and your personality do not determine your identity. Instead, you can know that a person is the same person as long as their consciousness continues to be the same throughout their life. Locke believed that a person's identity has the same identity of consciousness: "What makes a man himself with himself is an identity of consciousness, therefore personal identity depends entirely of this - whether consciousness is linked to one substance throughout or rather continues in a series of different su...... middle of paper ...... if he is in a coma, so when they wake up from it and don't remember anything, can they still be considered a different person? As they slowly begin to remember things, but not everything, does their consciousness become different, do they form a new identity as they begin to remember things? Another example would be if there was a car painted red, which also moves when traveling on the highway. It suddenly breaks down due to a malfunction and it also starts raining. The rain washes away the red paint and turns the car white. Does it now become a completely different car now that it is no longer running and its color has changed? The car itself is still fit for purpose (driving it) and performs well in certain conditions. So, is the car now a completely different car, or is it still the same car? This is an aspect that can be questioned from Locke's point of view..