human person as an embodied spirit

identifying the philosophers

A human person must seek self-knowledge and live a morally good life.

socrates

The human person is composed of body and soul, but the soul is superior and

capable of knowing truth.

plato

A person is a unity of body and soul whose goal is to achieve happiness through

reason and virtue

aristotle

The human person is created by God and finds ultimate fulfillment through a

relationship with God

st. augustine

A person is a unity of body and rational soul, possessing intellect, free will, and

inherent dignity.

st. thomas aquinas

The essence of the human person is the thinking self or mind, distinct from the

body.

rene descartes

Personal identity is connected with consciousness, memory, and experience.

john locke

Human persons are rational and autonomous beings who possess dignity and

should never be treated merely as objects.

immanuel kant

Human beings are radically free and are responsible for creating meaning

through their choices

jean-paul sartre

A person is a being who exists in the world, relates to others, and becomes

aware of mortality.

martin heidegger

The human person does not merely have a body; we experience the world

through our embodied existence.

maurice merleau-ponty

Personhood develops through genuine relationships with other people.

martin buber

“know thyself”

socrates

The soul has rational, spirited, and

appetitive parts.

plato

Eudaimonia or human flourishing

aristotle

The human heart seeks God.

st. augustine

Humans are rational and moral beings

st. thomas aquinas

“I think, therefore I am.”

rene descartes

The mind develops through experience

john locke

Persons are ends in themselves

immanuel kant

Existence precedes essence.

jean-paul sartre

Authentic existence

martin heidegger

The person is an embodied subject.

maurice merleau-ponty

I–Thou relationship

martin buber