embodied spirit Flashcards
i have my body, i am my body, i am more than my body
gabriel marcel’ claims
i cannot reduce my humanity to my body. i am a spirit with intellect and will. my body is only something i have.
i have my body
you are the one who controls your body ; your body is yours and yours alone
i have my body
three essential elements (i have my body)
1) responsibility
2) claim
3) control
i cannot separate myself from my body ; i recognize an intimate relation of myself with my body
i am my body
there is more than your body ; your personality and inception
i am more than my body
the substance within you ; innate, intellect
i am more than my body
traits that define a person
self-awareness
self-determination
morality
dignity
person having clear perception about oneself
self-awareness
capability of a person to make choices and decisions based on his preferences and principles
self-determination
enables us to make action whenever we act to
freewill
result or effect of an action or a condition
consequence
goodness or badness of an act
morality
innate right to be valued and respected
dignity
being materialized or incarnated
embodied
importance of embodied spirit
enables us to know our potentialities and limitations
believes in dichotomy ; inherent contradiction of the body and soul
plato’s claim
the soul existed prior to the body ; the human person is just a soul using a body
plato’s claim
three kinds of soul
rational, spiritual, appetitive
guides the spirit ; mind
rational soul
animates the spirit ; chest
spiritual soul
motivates the spirit ; abdomen
appetitive soul
the highest of all parts of the soul
rational soul
body: material, mutable, destructible
spirit: immaterial, immutable, indestructible
plato’s claim
there is no dichotomy between the person’s body and soul
aristotle’s claim
soul’s greek word
psyche
the principle of life ; animator of the body
soul
matter to the soul
body
the body and soul are inseparable
aristotle’s claim
three levels of the soul
plants
animals
humans
plants
vegetative soul
animals
sensitive soul
humans
sensitive and rational soul