Reviewer of Understanding the Self/Family Planning Chapter 1 PDF

ReviewerofUnderstandingtheselfw/familyplanning:Chapter1 PHILOSOPHY - It isa comprehensivestudyof truth - comes fromtheGreek word meaning "loveof"and theLatin word meaning "wisdom" Philosophy then means"loveof wisdom"and the search fortruth. - Theself is...

ReviewerofUnderstandingtheselfw/familyplanning:Chapter1 PHILOSOPHY - It isa comprehensivestudyof truth - comes fromtheGreek word meaning "loveof"and theLatin word meaning "wisdom" Philosophy then means"loveof wisdom"and the search fortruth. - Theself is imbued with - one of mankind's greatest teachers in Athensin 469 BC. - Heconfined his teaching in the streetof Athens Heintroduced the Socratic method - Manof agora - "An unexamined lifeis alifenotworth living" "Knowthyself" - Sophists - TheAcademy Plato TwoaccusationsagainstSocrates: - Corrupting theyouth - Introducing new gods Deathsentence - SocraticMethod -a method of inquiry by answering questions with anotherquestions IRONICPROCESSANDMAIEUTICPROCESS is tomaketheseekerof knowledge, clear his mind foraction. It removes fromhis mind prejudiceand leads to the humble and sincere confession of ignorance. The draws truth out of the pupils' mind which is doneby means of dialogueorconversation. Socrates trueknowledge is virtue and virtueis courage thatcourage is virtueand virtueis reason. PLATO TheoryofIdealism - Plato expounded his view that man in hispresent earthlyexistenceis just animperfectcopy of his real originalself-theperfectman in theareas of ideas. Man inhis original statewas puresoulwhich is not tied tothebody. Asoul exists and could exist apartfromthebody. Thesoul hasthreefaculties. 1. -Intellectualand Will 2. -Drives and emotion 3. – Sensualpart TwoworldsaccordingtoPlato: Asoulis imprisoned in a body or soma Soul is theessenceof man. What makes a man a man. Plato man's body is an unfortunateaccidentand does not belong tohis. Man's body serves asa prisonthat hinders the soul to be what ithas todo what itcan and should. Man's body belongs totheworld of thesenses,world of things ( ) Perishable and temporal,dependent on the soul which leads,commands,and opposes it. St.AugustinePhilosophyofMan St. Augustinephilosophy of man harmonizes and put togethertowonderful blend and unity,the wisdom of Greek philosophy and thedesired truth contain in the SacredWritings. It has in common. with the "eudaimonic" in characterthat it makeshappinessthe-endall and by-all of human life. Awicked lifeis a constant turning away from Now,if one loves God,it meanstolove others and toloveothers means toloveoneself and never do any harm toothers. So, in St Augustineethics are loveandjustice,thetwofundamental rules of man,as wellas social ethics arerightlyintertwined together. Avirtuous lifeis dynamismof the will and which is dynamism of love,a constantfollowing of and turning toward love. Now Kant'sHumanRationality ▶ According toImmanuelKant,man can createfor himself thegood and therationalbeing. ▶ Itis the supremeand fundamental lawof human nature. ▶ That is called Duty,Kantfurther believed that morallaw isrooted in humanrationality. ▶ Human reason gives the person the capacity tomakejudgment regarding the good. Thus, practiceor empirical knowledgecan tella person how todoa certain act. Butdoesnotprovidetheperson the bases on how heought to act. ▶ Kanthuman rationality makes theperson "autonomous"moral being. ▶ is aGreek word for self while Greekword for law. This means is 'self-rule'. ▶ Morality which to Kant proceeds fromthe implies self-regulation. For Kantthe essenceofmorality is found in themotive fromwhich theactis done. This motivecomes from a pure or autonomous will. ConfucianThought ▶ and thatthere should be a strong solidarity among the family members.  ▶ Children should respect theirparents and other elders. Man must ▶ "TheGoldenRule" " ▶ Confucius furtherstressed should be exemplarymodels of thecitizen. If right principles prevail throughoutthecountry, DescartesThinkingThing ▶ Descartes on Discourseon the Method,a work published in 1637,wrote. "Ithink,thereforeIam(Cogito ergosum).” ▶ These words can signify thecomprehension of theexistenceof theself as areality beyond doubt. For Descartes,"I" is defined as a "thinkingthing" thatis as the unity of all the conscious acts. Human beings arecombinations of -mind's choices cancausemodes of motionin thebody. ▶ Descartes arguesthat heis a".” ▶ For thinking is "all thatof whichpeopleareconscious as operating in them," that isall the "actions" and "passions" which belong tothem as to theirconscious subject. HumeontheSelf ▶ According toHume careful analysis on the notion of self or mind supposed tobean within everyone, attests thatpeoplehave noknowledge of such thing. ▶ The SELF is a ▶ Theself is notany one impression but. If any impression gives riseto theidea of self, that impression should continue invariably the same throughout life. JohnLocke,TheRepresentativeRealism ▶ According toJohn Lockehuman mind atbirth isa or ,his famousmetaphor. ▶ In theblank paper or tablet,experiences make its imprint. ▶ Externalobjects imprint ineveryone's senses and conveyed tothemind,theidea what iscalled today as perception of thoseobjects and theirdifferent qualities. For instance,think of a pictureframewith certain qualities ,and when one handles theobject there issensory feeling that gives onean accurateidea,imageorperception as the and by continuous handling thepicture framefor someminutesgives onethepower toproduce ideas about that gives the Locke, ,it isonlysubjectiveand merely anidea and interpretation of theprimary qualities. In otherwords,the secondary qualities like the color, odor,coolness and smoothness are not really in the pictureframe,it is justthe Schema ▶ Themost important aspects of a person aretheself it is theperson whoknows he/she is his/her gender, feelings,emotions, his/her intelligence,memory and experiences. ▶ Thecomponent of theself, ▶ Schemas are Understanding the self requires deeper analysis in knowing thehumanperson. & involves abody of informationthat deals onthe manyaspectsof behavior,thinking,experiences and attitudesas he goes aboutlife. ▶ Philosophicalperspectives presented varied representation of self, but mostof themcapitalize