Thanks for pointing out the fallacy of the Platonic view. Its an insidious mistake that most people make. On the notion of the self not 'really' existing, its

Thanks for pointing out the fallacy of the Platonic view. Its an insidious mistake that most people make. On the notion of the self not 'really' existing, its important to note the distinction between those that say that the sense of self is an illusion vs those that say it doesn't exist. The sense of self is an illusion and believing that it is otherwise is just as significant of a mistake as adopting the Platonic view that objects are imbued with some essence. Subjectivity is not imbued with any essence of "selfness", though a feeling of subjectivity certainly arises just as a chair is not imbued with "chairness" but the concept of a chair being a chair still arises when we see one.