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Understanding the self

1. Understanding The
Self

2. Philosophical
perspectives on the Self
CHAPTER ONE
THE SELF FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES
LESSON ONE

3. State the importance of understanding
one's self;
objectives
At the end of the lesson, you should be able
to:
Explain the various notions of the self
from different philosophical
perspectives;
Examine one's self in relation to the
philosophical perspectives of the self.

4. "Tell us something about
yourself.
Who are you?"
who are you?

5. A name can already tell a lot of things
about a person. Some parents have
certain stories surrounding their
children's name. Some surnames are
stereotypically associated with rich or
famous families.
Your name is a term that most of us will
associate ourselves with for the rest of
our lives.

6. But, is our name us? Is it the
only thing that defines us?

7. Socrates and plato
Socrates
applied systematic
questioning of the self
duty of the philosopher to
know oneself
"unexamined life is not worth
living"

8. Socrates and plato
Socrates
to live without knowing
who you are and what
virtues you can attain is the
worst that can happen to a
person

9. Socrates and plato
Socrates
believes a person as
"dualistic", that is, every
person is composed of body
and soul

10. Socrates and plato
Socrates
physical body = imperfect
and impermanent
soul = perfect and
permanent

11. Socrates and plato
Plato
emphasized the idea of
the soul which has 3
parts:
appetitive soul1.
rational soul2.
spirited soul3.

12. Socrates and plato
Plato
appetitive soul = desires and
cravings of a person
1.
rational soul = thinking,
reasoning, and judging
aspect
2.
spirited soul = accountable
for emotions
3.

13. Socrates and plato
Plato
In his book, Plato emphasized
that all three parts must work
together to attain justice and
virtue in a person.

14. St. Augustine
believes that there is this
imperfect part of us that
yearns to be with the
divine
believes in immortality

15. St. Augustine
believes that our
imperfect body must
"die" for the soul to reach
the eternal realm

16. Rene Descartes
the person is composed of
the cogito or the mind, and
the extenza or the body

17. Rene Descartes
What makes a person is
therefore the mind, and the
body is just some kind of a
machine that is attached
and controlled by it.

18. Rene Descartes
In his words, "But what then,
am I? A thinking thing. It has
been said. But what is a
thinking thing? It is a thing
that doubts, understands,
affirms, denies, wills, refuses,
imagines and perceives.

19. Rene Descartes
"Cogito ergo sum."
I think, therefore I am.

20. John Locke
believes that a person's
mind is a blank slate or
tabula rasa at birth
through experiences that
this blank slate is filled

21. David Hume
believes that all knowledge
come from the senses and
experiences
there is no self beyond what
can be experienced

22. David Hume
the self is a combination of
experiences of a person

23. Immanuel Kant
He thinks that reason is the
foundation of knowledge.
It is the self that organizes
and synthesizes our
experiences into
something meaningful for
us.

24. Activity No. 1 (1 whole yellow paper)
Read the poem "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley
and answer the following questions.
a. Research about the background or an
interpretation of the poem. Cite your source/s.
b. In your own perspective, how was the "self"
represented in the poem?
c. Which philosophical ideas discussed best describes
the representation of idea about the self in this
poem? Provide a brief explanation.
d. From the discussions, what now is your idea of the
"self"?