Principles of Psychology distinguishes between the self and the ego. But James is quick to establish a distinction between what he calls the "empirical self" and the "pure ego." "The Empirical Self of each of us," he writes, "is all that he is tempted to call by name of me"¹ but the pure ego refers to a "pure principle of personal identity" and leads ultimately to considerations of transcendental philosophy." /> The empirical and transcendental ego - Natanson Maurice | sdvig press