Did Locke reject the idea that people had temporal parts?

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I'm currently studying Locke's theory of personal identity and wondered if his writing rejected the idea that people had temporal parts.

Does anyone have any references that would support the idea that Locke assumed people did not have temporal parts?

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iphigenie · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-14 14:41:33Z

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See §78, Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit.

He discusses Locke's views on experience-memory as a criterion for identity's persistence over time to some length.

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