26 Questions
The nature of the self is a topic of interest among ______
philosophers
Philosophy employs the inquisitive mind to discover the ultimate causes, reasons, and principles of everything. It goes beyond the scientific investigation by exploring all areas of knowledge such as religion, psychology, politics, physics, and even ______
medicine
The etymological definition of philosophy is 'love of ______'
wisdom
The philosophical framework for understanding the self was first introduced by the ancient Greek Philosophers ______, Plato, and Aristotle
Socrates
Socrates said, 'Know ______'
thyself
The self is a topic of interest among ______
philosophers
Augustine believed that the physical body is radically different from and inferior to its inhabitant, the immortal ______.
soul
The pursuit of happiness is a search for a good life that includes doing virtuous ______.
actions
The African philosopher, Augustine of Hippo, is regarded as a ______.
saint
Vegetative soul includes the physical body that can ______.
grow
Rational Soul is what makes man ______.
human
The body is united with the ______, so that man may be entire and complete.
soul
Augustine believes that the soul is what governs and defines ______.
man
Augustine is convinced that the self is known only through knowing ______.
God
Rene Descartes is the father of modern ______.
philosophy
Augustine describes that humankind is created in the image and likeness of ______.
God
The truth of which Augustine speaks refers to the truth of knowing ______.
God
Augustine develops the fundamental concept of the human person, and thus provides the philosophical principle, 'I am doubting, therefore I ______'.
am
The Latin phrase “Cogito ergo sum” means “I think therefore I ______- is the keystone of Descartes’ concept of self.
am
Descartes believes that the act of thinking about the self is proof that there is a ______.
self
Descartes states that no rational person will doubt his or her own existence as a conscious, thinking ______.
entity
Descartes introduces the idea of the thinking self or soul as a non-material, immortal, and conscious ______.
being
According to Descartes, the thinking self can exist independently of the physical ______.
body
Descartes believes that the soul and the body are independent of one another, and each can exist and function without the ______.
other
Impressions are the basic sensations of people’s experience such as hate, love, joy, grief, pain, cold, and heat. THE SELF FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVE by FATIMA MYNABELLE DILLERA BELDIA, PhD 14 DAVID HUME: THERE IS NO SELF Impressions are vivid perceptions and are strong and lively, Ideas, however, are thoughts and images from impressions so they are less lively and vivid. Hume further posits that different sensations are in a constant continuum that is invariable and not constant. Hume argues that it cannot be from any of these impressions that the idea of self is derived and consequently, there is no self. Hume’s skeptical claim on this issue is that people have no experience of a simple and individual impression that they can call the self where the self is the totality of a person’s conscious life. Subsequently, the idea of personal identity is a result of ______.
imagination
Impressions are the basic sensations of people’s experience such as hate, love, joy, grief, pain, cold, and heat. THE SELF FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVE by FATIMA MYNABELLE DILLERA BELDIA, PhD 15 IMMANUEL KANT: WE CONSTRUCT THE SELF For German philosopher Immanuel Kant, it is the self that makes experiencing an intelligible world possible because it is the self that is actively organizing and ______ all of our thoughts and perceptions. The self, in the form of consciousness, utilizes conceptual categories which he calls transcendental deduction of categories, to can be investigated scientifically.
synthesizing
Explore Aristotle's classification of soul into three kinds: vegetative, sentient, and rational. Understand the characteristics of each soul type and how they contribute to human nature and self-actualization.
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