Locke asserts that "Self is that conscious thinking thing-whatever substance made up of, (whether spiritual or material, simple or compounded, it matters not)-which is sensible or conscious of pleasure and pain, capable of happiness or misery, and so is concerned for itself, as far as that consciousness extends."

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Locke believes that self is a conscious thinking thing that is capable of experiencing pleasure and pain, happiness and misery, and is concerned for itself to the extent that it has consciousness. He does not prescribe to a specific substance theory of what the self is made of, whether it be spiritual or material, simple or compounded.

Locke Asserts That "Self Is That Conscious Thinking Thing-Whatever Substance