LIMITATIONS AND TRANSCENDENCE Flashcards
Refers to given details in life
Facticity
serves as an itermediary between us and the world
Body
Limits our experience to physical world
Body
Essence of transcendence
Acknowledge limitations
Distinguishes humans from other beings
Transcendence
What can we use as an excuse for failures?
Facticity
3 limitations of Man as an Embodied Spirit
- Facticity
- Spatial Temporal Being
- Body as an intermediary
Example of facticity
- You are born Filipino
- sex
- mother tongue language
We are limited by space and time . Our spatial-temporal situation sets our preconditions of understanding.
Spatial Temporal Being
we are limited by our bodies to be present in two or
more places at the same time.
Spatial Being
Our body serves as an intermediary between us and the physical world.
Body as an intermediary
Limitations can lead to
Possibilities
the ability to surpass limits
Transcendence
one important trait that distinguishes the human person from other beings in existence.
Transcendence
Transcendence
We are more concerned with the past and/or future that is why we never appreciate the PRESENT
Temporal Being
Transcendence
We cannot be at the place where we want to be at an instant.
Spatial Being
Transcedence
Having a body may prevent us from disclosing what we really want to express.
