What makes us human? For John Locke it is our memories that connect together the different parts of our lives rather than bodily continuity. Gillian Anderson explains.

Narrated by Gillian Anderson. Scripted by Nigel Warburton.

From the BBC Radio 4 series about life's big questions A History of Ideas. http://www.bbc.co.uk/histor...

This project is from the BBC in partnership with The Open University, the animations were created by Cognitive.