Oliver Sacks quote: If a man has lost a leg or an eye...

If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self—himself—he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.

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Oliver Sacks (2014). “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Picador Classic”, p.42, Pan Macmillan

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If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self—himself—he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it. - Oliver Sacks

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