The philosophy of man, who am I, plato, st.agustine..

Ppt for understanding the self.

1. The Philosophy of man

2. WHO AM I?

3. Plato Man is a knower and a possessor of an immortal soul. Man is not the center of the universe.

4. S t. augustine Man is a great mystery. Man is a composite of body and soul. The ultimate felicity of man is in the contemplation of truth, and in contemplation of wisdom which is God.

5. Mirandola Man may make himself what he wishes to be.

6. Teilhard de chardin Man is the only significant link between the physical order and spiritual one. Man is a special phenomenon. He is a being who know and knows what he knows.

7. Jean-Paul Sartre Man is a being-in-the-world. Beyond this, no heaven, no God. Man is responsible not only for himself but for all men.

8. HINDU VIEW OF MAN Man possesses the atman or soul, the innermost essence of man.

9. Five sheaths of man 1.Physical/corporeal self 2. BIOLOGICAL LAYER 3. Psychological layer 4. INTELLECTUAL LAYER 5. PURE BLISS

10. BUDDHISM VIEW OF MAN “Man is subject to the law that all things rise, decay and fall; no soul; no permanence.”

11. Man in confucianism Man is a moral being and a social being. True man is noble man = a man of jen (human-heartedness) 4 VIRTUES EXPECTED OF MAN 1) HUMAN HEARTEDNESS 2) RIGHTEOUSNESS 3) RITUAL OR PROPRIETY 4. WISDOM

12. TAOIST VIEW OF MAN WHAT IS NATURAL AND SPONTANEOUS, SIMPLE AND NECESSARY. CONFORMITY TO BE EMPTY IS TO BE FULL NON-CONTRADICTION; GO WITH THE FLOW