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Question 1

-an active pursuit of wisdom
-human search for meaning of life

Answer 1

Philosophy

Question 2

The self is seen as a body-soul compound with the
rational soul as immaterial, immortal, immutable,
distinct, and far superior to the body.

Answer 2

The Self in Greek Philosophy

Question 3

The formation of the self primarily consists of the
- of the self.

Answer 3

nourishment of the rational soul
(Greek)

Question 4

Philosophers in Greek Philosophy

Answer 4

Socrates and Plato

Question 5

According to Socrates, self is -

Answer 5

a moral being

Question 6

His philosophy is centered on the moral aspect of
man, on how man should live a good moral life
or happiness

Answer 6

Socrates

Question 7

Happiness without - is impossible.
-Socrates

Answer 7

morality

Question 8

To live rationally

Answer 8

Socrates

Question 9

> The self is a rational substance consisting of body
and soul.
The soul is derived from the world of ideas.
The body is from the world of matter.
Man is essentially a soul imprisoned in a body.

Answer 9

Plato

Question 10

The tripartite of the soul:
According to Plato

Answer 10

Head: element of reason
Heart: emotional drives
Stomach : bodily appetite, desire, needs

Question 11

> Theocentric approach
God and faith in Him is primary, and the self is
secondary because the self owed its origin to God.
Human truth is subordinate to Divine truth.
Human reason is meant to strengthen the faith.

Answer 11

The Self in Medieval Philosophy

Question 12

> Influenced by Plato’s philosophy
The City of God and The City of the World
The self is composed of the body, soul, and spirit.

Answer 12

St. Augustine

Question 13

affirmed the dignity and
worth of man with regard to the power of his
reason to know the truth of his nature.

Answer 13

The self in Modern Philosophy

Question 14

> Extreme dualistic separation of mind and body. His
idea on self is centered on the concept of substance.
Substance refers to anything that exists in itself. Two
kinds of substance: infinite and finite.

Answer 14

Rene Descartes

Question 15

(Rene Descartes)
Man is a finite substance known as the _______________: body and mind.

Answer 15

Cartesian dualism

Question 16

> I think, therefore, I am.
The self is
nothing else but a thinking thing or a machine that
thinks

Answer 16

> Cogito ergo sum.

Question 17

(John Locke)
The source of authentic knowledge of reality must
pass the test of ____________.

Answer 17

sensory experience

Question 18

(John Locke)
Knowledge cannot be innate
because mind is like a
blank sheet of paper (____________,).
As we grow and interact with others, we accumulate
knowledge.

Answer 18

Tabula rasa

Question 19

The concept of the self must be based on sense
impressions.

Answer 19

David Hume

Question 20

are the experience of sense
such as pain, pleasure, etc.
(David Hume)

Answer 20

Impressions

Question 21

the recalled copies of the impressions.
(David Hume)

Answer 21

Ideas

Question 22

Self is a bundle of _________________ out of
which we form the knowledge of who the self is.
(David Hume)

Answer 22

constant flux of impressions

Question 23

reconciled the conflicting philosophies of
rationalism and empiricism

Answer 23

Immanuel Kant

Question 24

are meaningless unless the
rational element or the mind actively interprets and
gives meaning to these sensory impressions.
(Immanuel Kant)

Answer 24

Sensory Impressions

Question 25

The self is the product of the mind.

Answer 25

The self constructs itself.
(Immanuel Kant)

Question 26

The self is not an object, but a _______, an organizing
principle that actively interprets, constructs, and gives
meaning to sensory experiences.

Answer 26

subject

Question 27

Three provinces of mind:
(Sigmund Freud)

Answer 27

Id- animalistic nature, operates on pleasure and
gratification principle.
Ego- rational, operates according to reality
Superego- moral aspect, conscience, ego ideal.

Question 28

behavior and experience are organized in a
rational and practical way and suitable to the social
environment

Answer 28

Conscious self
(Sigmund Freud)

Question 29

irrational and impulsive ways.

Answer 29

Unconscious self
(Sigmund Freud)

Question 30

convinced that it is in attaining a harmonious
balance that the well-being of the self can be established

Answer 30

Freud

Question 31

The self, therefore, is the way he/she
behaves.
•The perceptions, thoughts, emotions,
remembering, and willing of the self can
be understood in terms of observable
behaviors

Answer 31

Gilbert Ryle

Question 32

The self is the brain
•The state of the brain can
impact the physical
conditions of the self

Answer 32

Patricia and Paul Churchland

Question 33

There is an intimate and
inseparable unity between the
self and the body.

Answer 33

Maurice Merlaeu-Ponty