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