The new self of each moment partly includes the old experiences through memory, although Hartshorne does not exclude as inappropriate some talk of an old self with new experiences, provided it is clearly understood that the old self is contained
within the new experiences and not the converse.4 Furthermore, he reasons that, if human experiences were the
properties of an
identical ego instead of the ego's being the
property of the experiences, then to know an individual ego would mean to know all its future; and, therefore, we could not really know the individual in question until his death.5
Similar rules will deny the loss if you sell investments with an accrued loss and the
property or an
identical property is acquired by you or your spouse or common - law partner
within the period beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the disposition, and it is still owned 30 days after the disposition.