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title: "6 Person Merely Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“That excuse only works until you discover the person is merely an individual like any other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-s-jennsen/that-excuse-only-works-until-you-discover-the-person-is-merely-an/)

[G.S. Jennsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-s-jennsen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/g-s-jennsen-10400_adventure_that-excuse-only-works-until-you-discove_1427373.jpg)

> [There is no such thing as a person. There are only restrictions and limitations. The sum total of these defines the person.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-person-there-are-only-restrictions-and/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_emptiness_there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-person-there_2024556.png)

> [“There is no such thing as a person. There are only restrictions and limitations. The sum total of these defines the person.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-person-there-are-only-restrictions-and-2/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_person_there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-person-there_2134449.jpg)

> [A person is not merely a single subject distinguished from all the others. It is especially a being to which is attributed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-durkheim/a-person-is-not-merely-a-single-subject-distinguished-from-all-the/)

[Emile Durkheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-durkheim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d67/emile-durkheim-7413_autonomy_a-person-is-not-merely-a-single-subject_2477338.jpg)

> [I think one remains the same person throughout, merely passing, as it were, i these lapses of time from one room to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-think-one-remains-the-same-person-throughout-merely-passing-as-it/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/anonymous-1_house_i-think-one-remains-the-same-person-thro_2875893.jpg)

> [Producer and consumer are always one and the same person, merely considered from two different viewpoints.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-joseph-proudhon/producer-and-consumer-are-always-one-and-the-same-person-merely/)

[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-joseph-proudhon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65c/pierre-joseph-proudhon-11634_consumer_producer-and-consumer-are-always-one-and_3202936.jpg)

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