gesocscie Flashcards
“Know Yourself”
Socrates
He is concerned with the problem of the self.
Socrates
“Know yourself”
. Each man is to examine oneself
and to bring his inner self to light.
Socrates
“An unexamined life is not worth living”
. A bad
man is not virtuous through ignorance.
Socrates
Virtue- the core of Socratic Ethics. This is the
deepest and most basic nature of man.
Socrates
Knowing one’s own virtue is necessary and can
be learned
Socrates
He believed in Dualism. That the man possesses
both body and soul. The body is imperfect and
nonpermanent. While the soul is perfect and
permanent.
Socrates
“The Ideal Self,
Perfect Self”
Plato
There are 3 components to the soul:
Rational soul:
o Spirited soul:
Appetitive sou
Rational soul: reason and intellect to govern
affairs
Plato
Spirited soul: emotions should be kept at bay
Plato
When 3 components to the soul are attained, the human person’s soul
becomes just and virtuous.
Plato
Appetitive soul: base desires (food, drink, sleep,
sexual needs, etc.)
Plato
3 components to the soul by
constant remembering through contemplation and
doing good he can gain perfection
Plato
“I think therefore, I
am”
Rene Descartes
He states that the self is a thinking entity distinct
from the body. It is independent of each other.
Rene Descartes
He is considered the Father of Modern Philosophy
* Human person= body +mind
Rene Descartes
“Cogito, ergo sum”
- I think therefore I am.
Rene Descartes
- According to him the only thing one can’t doubt is
the existence of the self.
Rene Descartes
One must use his own mind and thinking abilities to
investigate, analyze, experiment, and develop
himself
Rene Descartes
Personal Identity
John Locke
he holds that personal identity (the self) is a
matter of psychological continuity
John Locke