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    Identity is transitive: if A is identical with B and B is... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The general is identical with the boy who was beaten at school.

    Identity is transitive: if A is identical with B and B is identical with C, then A is identical with C.

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    According to the Memory Theory, personal identity consists in memory; that is, sameness of memory is metaphysically necessary and sufficient for sameness of person. On this account, given that sameness of memory is sufficient for sameness of person, if a person at time tn remembers (episodically) an event that occurred at time t1 then the person at time tn is identical with the person who was witness or agent to the event at time t1. If the brave officer who has just taken the flag of the enemy

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