Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume I - Part 2
Fragment ID: 10089
The non-materialistic European idea [of the true soul or person] makes a distinction between soul and body – the body is perishable, the mental-vital consciousness is the immortal soul and remains always the same (horrible idea!) in heaven as on earth or if there is rebirth it is also the same damned personality that comes back and makes a similar fool of itself.