Philosophical Self Flashcards
Unexamined life is not worth living for human beings
Socrates
Know thyself
Socrates
Diminished value or potential
Socrates
Self reflection
Socrates
Forms and phenomena
Plato
Education
Plato
Soul: rational and irrational
Plato
Beast inside
Plato
Soul has tripartite
1 reason
2 spirit (manageable self)
3 unruly self (appetite)
He mentioned that the soul has tripartite
Plato
He said that the seat of reason is the brain because it’s nearer to the heavens
Plato
Things have both matter and form
Hylomorphism
He mentioned hylomorphism
Aristotle
Balance everything
Golden mean
He mentioned golden mean
Aristotle
Live a moral life// ultimate goal
Aristotle
He said that the centre of the soul is the heart because it reacted when one is happy or sad
Aristotle
It means that without body, self can’t experience– without body there’s no self to experience in the first place
Sine qua non condition
Sine qua non condition was stated by
Aristotle
3 functions of the psyche
Nutritive psyche
Sensitive psyche
Rational psyche
Psyche
Aristotle
Plants, nourishment, and reproduction
Nutritive psyche
Animals, locomation, and perceptions
Sensitive pyche
Human beings, capacity for reason
Rational psyche
Plotinus and St. Augustine are _____ believers
Neoplatonism
Soul is a prison of body
Plotinus
Founder of neoplatonism
Plotinus
Direct consciousness
Perceptions
Split into subject
Reflection
Transcend
Contemplation
Ana sha: Perception, Reflection, and contemplation
Plotinus
Soul is superior
St. Augustine of Hippo
Unity with God
St. Augustine of Hippo
Earthly and heavenly city
St. Augustine of Hippo
Love of self and contempt of God and it dwells on satisfying personal gains
Earthly city
Love of God and contempt of self– selfless
Heavenly city
Similar to Aristotle
St. Thomas of Aquinas
Soul is not inside the body para ma punish
St. Thomas of Aquinas
Soul + body = human nature
St. Thomas of Aquinas
Father of modern philosophy
Rene Descartes
Understanding the thought process
Rene Descartes
Certainty
Rene Descartes
Think or knowledge
Rene Descartes
Doubt holds practical value
Rene Descartes
Cogito ergo sum
Rene Descartes
Empricist
John Locke
Tabula Rasa
John Locke
All knowledge comes from experience
John Locke
Empricist
David Hume
Ideas are far from reality when it comes to impression
David Hume
There is no self at all
David Hume
Influential thinker
Immanuel Kant
Ni agree sha ni Hume but dili dyud entirely nga tanan daw “experiences” ma relate sa knowledge
Immanuel Kant
Priori and Posteriori
Immanuel Kant
Logic
Priori
Experience
Posteriori
Mind is constantly at work
Immanuel Kant