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Individual

The term individual refers to a unit compared to others within a frame of references such as race, species, or group. It comes from the Latin undivided term that means “That cannot be divided.”

Individualization takes place in the matter and in living beings and is a metaphysical concept. According to metaphysics, the individual constitutes the essence of a substantial principle.

An individual cannot be divided because he is a unit and is a solid physicist but, for other scholars like Duns Soto, an individual is defined by his common species nature and his individual entity. Individuation is independent of the material and the empirical.

Person

The word person comes from the Latin persōna. It is a philosophical concept that expresses the uniqueness of each individual that belongs to the human species. Represents the opposite of “human nature” because it expresses how common there is in our species.

The most widely used concept is that of being endowed with reason, who is aware of himself and has his own identity.

According to the physiological context, a being or individual belonging to the human species is identified as a person. While for psychology a person is a complete being, including their physical and psychological aspects, which define their unique and singular character.

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Differences between Individual and Person

• People have differences that make them unique in their group. A person represents the uniqueness of the human being.
• Individuals are those individual representatives or who represent a unit with respect to a group or frame of reference.