[MD] The Self?

[Krimel]

[dmb]
As William James rhetorically asked, is it the river that defines the banks
or do the banks determine the river? If I understand the idea here, the
answer is "yes". I like his analogy not only because the river and the banks
always define each other but also because they are both constantly in flux.
Maybe it's even an allusion to Heraclitus's saying; you can't step in the
same river twice. 

[Krimel]
Right, a river is water/bank.
You can't have one without the other.