LESSON 1: Self from the Perspective of Philosophers

Rizal and Kant

human being is endowed with reason ; he is self autonomous with self regulating will

Perennial Scope of Philosophy

human being is more than what he/she knows about himself/herself

Human Individuals

determine themselves through their interaction with their environment ; they act autonomously, they make choices, including moral choices, with the aid of their reason ; they have a strict duty to make these choices in accordance with moral law

Karl Jaspers

believes that human, the being of human is lost in a context of total determination ; thus what seems to be obvious and ordinary question “Who am I” leads him/her into the depth of his/her being

Limit Situation

is any of certain situations in which a human being is said to have differing experiences from those arising from ordinary situations

Boundary Situations

are inescapable and inevitable breaks of ordinary patterns of human existence, such as death, sufferings, conflict, tragedy, sickness, failures, communication, struggles and guilt

According to Jaspers

boundary situations lead to the a deeper consciousness and experience of her limitations and finitude ; boundary situations lead humans to a deeper level of reflection of her own self being