Lesson 1 - CUTS (Group Reporting)

The Definition of Self According to Various Philosophers

Socrates

For him, the self is the soul. The true essence of a person which is distinct from the body.

Socrates

He was a Greek philosopher who focused on self-knowledge and living with honesty.

Socrates

He taught by asking questions to help people think deeply and understand themselves, believing that wisdom comes from knowing you don’t know everything and that goodness comes from real understanding.

Socratic method

refers to the method of repetitive asking of questions to acquire wisdom and knowledge, this may involve weighing both sides of the argument to come up with an unbiased conclusion.

Plato

A Greek Philosopher who is a student of Socrates and founded a school in Athens.

Plato

He claimed that the true self is the soul; the body is only a temporary vessel. it should be filled with goodness and knowledge.

Reason (Logistikon), Spirit (Thumos), Appetite (Ephithumia)

What are the three components of the soul

Logistikon

Reason is also called as?

Thumos

Spirit is also called as?

Ephithumia

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