title: [The concept of personal identity].
abstract: This work reviews the different meanings of "personal identity" from a philosophical point of view. Start point is its etymology and then what has been said about it since the Antique Greek to our days is summarized.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (HIBA). alfredo.job@hospitalitaliano.org.ar.
authors.forename: Alfredo J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Job
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012933:Social Identification