Module 1 Flashcards
was the first philosopher to engage in a systematic questioning about the self and took it upon to himself to serve as a “gadfly” who disturbed Athenian men from their slumber and shook them off in order to reach the truth and wisdom.
Socrates
he said, “An unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates
According to him, Through introspection, a person becomes virtuous or come to know his values.
Socrates
was the first one to focus on the self, who we are, who we should be and who we will become in which he believes that every human has an immortal soul aside from the physical body.
Socrates
He believes that an individual’s reality is divided by two parts. The physical realm and the ideal realm.
Socrates
For him, every man is composed of body and soul. This means that every human person is dualistic, that is, he is composed of two important aspects of his personhood.
Socrates
an imperfect, impermanent aspect
body
perfect and permanent
soul
he said “The soul is synonymous with the self.”
Plato
According to him, the self is in the physical form and the soul is in the ideal form.
Plato
something temporary
self
eternal
soul
He emphasizes that justice in the human person can only be attained if the three parts of the soul are working harmoniously with one another.
Plato
the three kinds of souls according to Plato
Rational Soul, Spirited Soul and Appetitive Soul
is forged by reason and intellect.
Rational Soul
is in charge of emotions.
Spirited Soul
consists of our desire that we need to enable us to live.
Appetitive Soul
He stated, “Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.”
St. Augustine
believes that there is an aspect of man, which dwells in the worlds, that is imperfect and continuously years to be with the divine while the other is capable of reaching immortality.
St. Augustine
According to St. Augustine, the ________ is bound to die on earth
body
According to St. Augustine, ______ is anticipated to live eternally in a realm of spiritual bliss in communion with God.
soul
According to St. Augustine, _______ can only thrive in the imperfect, physical reality, which is the world
body