Lesson 1.3: The Human Person as an Embodied Spirit

Man

It is generally and commonly defined to represent the entire human race.

Human

It refers to man as species.

Human Being

A term used to separate man from other Human Classifications like animals.

Person

It refers to an individual who possess self-awareness, self-determination, rational mind, and the capacity to interact with other and with himself/herself.

Personhood

It is a general term which refers to the state of being a person with unique, sacred and ethical status within him/herself.

Human Nature

It is a general term refers to the deepest and natural behavior of a person that distinguish human from animals. Collective traits that formed and is considered the very essence of humanity. Nobody can be considered man without this.

Soul, Mind, Spirit

What are the three components of the human person?

Cognitive Self and Physical Self

What are the two general kinds to distinguish a human person?

Cognitive Self

It is something within and cannot be physically seen. It is the essential component of a human person that deals with THE WHAT OF A PERSON (human persons’ belief, desire, dreams, and intentions).

Physical Self

It is something that can be see in his/her physical appearance which deals with the essential features of the human way of life or THE WHO OF A PERSON which includes his/her body type, strength and appearances.

Embodied Spirit

It is the inseparable union of human body and soul.

Embodied

It is always materialized or became flesh (with physical form).

Self-Awareness, Self-determination, Externality, Dignity

A human person as embodied spirit is defined by?

Self-awareness

It refers to having a clear perception of oneself, including his or her thoughts, emotions, identity, and actions.

Self-determination

It is the capability of persons to make choices and decisions based on their own preferences, monitor and regulate their actions, and be goal oriented and self-directed.

Externality

It is the ability to connect and interact with another person, an animal or an inanimate object.

Dignity

A human person has an inherent value and importance.

Transcendence

It is the ability to surpass your limits.

Life is full of suffering; Suffering is caused by passionate desires, lusts and cravings; Only such as these are obliterated shall suffering cease; Such eradication of desires may be accomplished by following the eightfold path of earnest endeavor

What are The Four Noble Truths?

Right Understanding/View/Belief, Right Speech, Right Conduct, Right Livelihood, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Aspiration For One’s Self, Right endeavor on effort to direct one’s energies toward wise ends

What are the Eightfold Paths?

Limitations

It controls how much of something is allowed or possible.

Facticity, Spatial-Temporal Beings, Intermediary

What are the 3 Categories of Limitations?

Facticity

It refers to the things in our lives that are already given and did not choose them. It refers to all the details that surround us in the present.

Spatial-Temporal Beings

It is about being limited due to being temporal. This means that we will not live forever because we have a limited period stay in this world. Our limitations are based on time, ability, the not yet and the no longer.

Time, Ability, the not yet, the no longer

Our limitations are based on?

Body as Intermediary

It is about having a body that links us to the world appears to be a source of limitation because we can never really directly and fully experience the world. We are our bodies, but also more than our bodies. It is because my body that I experience the world as my world and not the world of others.

Perseverance

Each individual carries the capacity to transcend by exerting enough effort.

Being open to new experiences and ideas, Having the opportunity to work toward becoming better versions of ourselves.

What are the aspects of transcendence?