UTS

SELF

a person's essential being that distinguishes them from

others

HOMO VIATOR

“Life is a journey, and every person is

a traveller”

JOHN RUSKIN

He postulated the three perennial questions

WHO AM I? WHERE DOES MAN COME FROM? DOES MAN'S LIFE HAVE A PURPOSE?

the three perennial question

PHILO

Love

SOPHIA

Wisdom

PHILOSOPHY

a human search for meaning in life

love for wisdom, an active pursuit of wisdom

RENE DESCARTES

• The self is a thinking thing, distinct from the body

• Father of modern philosophy

JOHN LOCKE

Personal Identity is made possible by self-consciousness, not by soul nor body

DAVID HUME

There is no “self ’, only a bundle of constantly changing perceptions

passing through the theatre of our minds

IMMANUEL KANT

• The self is a unifying object, an organizing consciousness that makes

intangible experience possible

• Respect for Self

SIGMUND FREUD

• The self is multi-layered

• Self is composed of id, ergo and super ergo

SOCRATES

• Principally concerned with

man

• Considers man from the point

of view of his inner life

KNOW YOURSELF

tells each man to bring his inner self to light

VIRTUE & KNOWLEDGE

• The deepest and most basic propensity of man

• Is the core of Socratic ethics

Socrates

He noted that an “unexamined life is not worth living.”

GILBERT RYLE

The self is the way people behave

• pattern of behavior

PAUL & PATRICIA CHURCHLAND

The self is the brain. Mental states will superseded by self states

MAURICE MERLAEU PONTY

The self embodied subjectivity

• self is self, body is body

PLATO

Self as a rational substance consisting of body and soul

HEAD, HEART, DIAPHRAGM

THREE PARTS OF SOUL

APPETITIVE

one responsible for desire ad cravings of a person

RATIONAL SOUL

the thinking, reasoning and judging aspect

SPIRITED SOUL

accountable for emotions and also makes sure that the rules of reason is

followed in order to attain victory and honor

COGITO & EXTENZA

The person is composed of the ___ or the mind, and the ____ or the body which is the extension of the mind

BLANK STATE or TABULA RASA

A person’s mind is a ____ or ____ at birth

PRORI

comes to mind itaelf and is dependent of sensation

EMPIRICAL SELF

pertains to a particular aspect of self that makes the self unique

TRANSCENDENT SELF

the self is in activity or organizing principle that actively interpret, constructs and gives meaning to collections of sensory data

ST AUGUSTINE

He contemplated that the self is a tripartite being: Body, Soul and Spirit