Chidi: So, the concept of the self is a key subject for a lot of great thinkers. In the "Tao Te Ching," Lao Tzu wrote, "Knowing others is wisdom, but knowing the self is enlightenment."
Eleanor: Ahh, "knowing" yourself. Is he talking about what I think he's talking about?
Chidi: No, Eleanor. Once again, none of these philosophers is ever talking about masturbation. Let's move on to this week's main event, David Hume's "A Treatise of Human Nature." You read this, right?
Eleanor: I did. Well, I tried to. Well, I tried to want to. Um, actually, could we postpone this lesson? I've befriended Jianyu from next door, and I thought I could learn from him.
Chidi: That's a great idea. Hume's "bundle theory" of the self is fairly close to Buddhism.
Eleanor: Yeah. No durr. That's why I'm doing it.