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What is your view about your self?
What is your view about your self?
What is something that brings you joy?
What is something that brings you joy?
What scares you the most right now?
What scares you the most right now?
What motivates you to go to school?
What motivates you to go to school?
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What does Socrates mean by 'Know Thyself'?
What does Socrates mean by 'Know Thyself'?
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How many parts did Plato divide the soul into?
How many parts did Plato divide the soul into?
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What did St. Augustine believe about the senses?
What did St. Augustine believe about the senses?
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What are the two parts of a human according to Thomas Aquinas?
What are the two parts of a human according to Thomas Aquinas?
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René Descartes is known for the phrase 'Cogito ergo sum'.
René Descartes is known for the phrase 'Cogito ergo sum'.
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What does John Locke's concept of 'tabula rasa' refer to?
What does John Locke's concept of 'tabula rasa' refer to?
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Study Notes
Philosophical Self
- "Know Thyself" - Socrates emphasizes self-knowledge and self-examination as crucial to understanding the self.
- Soul & Body - Socrates believes the self is composed of an imperfect, impermanent body and a perfect, permanent soul.
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Plato’s Tripartite Soul - The soul is divided into three parts:
- Rational Soul - Reasoning and understanding.
- Spirited Soul - Emotions, courage, and will.
- Appetitive Soul - Desires, appetites, and physical needs.
- Forms and the Soul - Plato’s philosophical views center around the theory of Forms (or Ideas) and the concept of the soul.
- St. Augustine's Dualism and Christianity - Agrees with Plato on the soul-body duality and incorporates Christian beliefs.
- Senses and God - St. Augustine highlights the role of senses in experiencing the material world, but argues that God can only be grasped through one's immaterial soul.
- Restless Seeking - St. Augustine views the self as a restless soul seeking fulfillment in God’s love.
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Thomas Aquinas’s Dualism - Aquinas believes that humans are composed of two parts:
- Matter - The common stuff that comprises everything in the universe.
- Form - The essence of a substance or thing, defining what it is.
- Soul and Human Identity - Aquinas emphasizes the soul as what animates the body and differentiates humans from animals.
- René Descartes and "Cogito ergo sum" - Descartes is known for his famous line "I think, therefore I am." He emphasizes that doubt is the only thing one can be certain of.
- Mind-Body Dualism - Descartes argues that the body is a machine connected to the mind, but that the mind is different from the body.
- Thinking Thing - Descartes defines the self as a "thinking thing" that doubts, understands, affirms, denies, wills, refuses, imagines, and perceives.
- John Locke's Tabula Rasa - Locke proposes that the human mind at birth is a "blank slate," lacking innate ideas or knowledge.
- Empiricism - Locke emphasizes that knowledge and the self are developed through experiences.
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Explore the concepts of self-knowledge and the essence of the human soul through the lens of philosophers like Socrates and St. Augustine. This quiz delves into the tripartite soul as presented by Plato and the dualism of body and soul. Test your understanding of these fundamental philosophical ideas and their implications in the context of self-examination and spirituality.
