What makes a person a person?

Question

exactly as it says, what makes a person a person? Like if i were to lose my arm I would still be me, or if i lost my eyeball i would still be me. But ... if i lost my brain, i don't think i would be me anymore. Is it true that you are your brain, and if it is true, is it a specific part of the brain that of which you are. Also, you could have a tumor from your brain taken out that, of which that part of the brain might be you, so then would you cease to be yourself. HELP PLEASE!!

Answer 1

There's no real answer to this. The nature of personality and self is ineffable.

And our best hope for continued existence is that it stay that way.

Answer 2

We are only renting our bodies...its your soul.

But I sold mine, needed money, you know how that goes.