Understanding The Self - Lecture Notes

UNDERSTANDING THE SELF Ms. ROHAIDA A. MACAUMBANG, RP m THE SELF FROM VARIOUS PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES CHAPTER 1 SOCRATES  SOCRATES “Father of Western Philosophy” Two important aspects of Personhood: (1) Body: imperfect and impermanent aspect...

UNDERSTANDING THE SELF Ms. ROHAIDA A. MACAUMBANG, RP m THE SELF FROM VARIOUS PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES CHAPTER 1 SOCRATES  SOCRATES “Father of Western Philosophy” Two important aspects of Personhood: (1) Body: imperfect and impermanent aspect “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know (2) Soul: perfect and -Socrates permanent PLATO  PLATO Three components of the soul: (1)Rational Soul: reason and intellect (2)Spirited Soul: emotions (3)Appetitive Soul: base desires “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the -Plato AURELIUS AUGUSTINUS HIPPONENSIS AURELIUS AUGUSTINUS HIPPONENSIS Two parts of the Self: (1)Body: bound to die on earth (2)Soul: anticipate living eternally “Don’t you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in THOMAS AQUINAS  THOMAS AQUINAS Man is composed of two parts: (1)Matter (or hyle): the common stuff that makes up everything (2)Form (or morphe): essence of the substance or thing “The things that we love tell us what we -Thomas Aquinas RENE DESCARTES  RENE DESCARTES “Father of Modern Philosophy”, cogito er sum or “I think therefore I am.” Man is dual in nature: (1)Mind (or cogito): the thing that thinks (2)Body (or extenza): “It is not enough to have a good mind; the ma extension of the mind is to use it well.” -Rene Descartes DAVID HUME  DAVID HUME Experiences are categorized into two: (1)Impressions: products of “direct” experiences (2)Ideas: products of “indirect” experiences “Nothing is more surprising than the easin which the many are governed by the few.” -David Hume IMMANUEL KANT  IMMANUEL KANT The self is a combination of: (1)Knowledge: (2)Experience “Respect others as you would respect yourself.” “Never wish to see a just cause defe with unjust means.” -Immanuel Kant GILBERT RYLE  GILBERT RYLE According to Ryle, the self refers to all the behaviors that people make. “A person who has a good nose for arguments may have a bad head for facts.” -Gilbert Ryle MAURICE MERLEAU- PONTY  MAURICE MERLEAU- PONTY Merleau-Ponty asserted that the mind and the body are so “intertwined” that they cannot be separated from one another. “We should be sensitive to the thread of silen which the tissue of speech is woven.” -Maurice Merleau-Ponty STAY SAFE! PRESENTATION ENDS HERE.