Philosophical Self Flashcards
WHO AM I?
- Socrates, Plato, Augustine
- Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant
- Freud, Ryle, Churchland and Merleau-Ponty
This means that the greeting is not only an imperative of self-knowledge but is also a requirement that one has to
have self-moderation.
“Know thyself”
The real meaning of knowing thyself, then, is a requirement
for self-moderation, prudence, good judgment, and excellence of the soul
“Know thyself”
The ethics in knowing thyself is very important because such
will bring the person to the excellence of the soul
Like any other loving relationships, one _______________________________________________________________________________________________ as a result of such
relationship.
must be able to bring about the excellence of the soul of the other
To know thyself, therefore is to
- examine whether we have achieved moderation
- have prudently chosen what is good
- have brought about excellence of the soul
quote of Socrates
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Living a good life means
is having the wisdom to distinguish what is right from wrong
“Only a self-controlled man, then, will know himself and will be capable of looking to see what he actually knows and what he doesn’t know.”
SOCRATES
Socrates rightly pronounced that
“I know that I do not know.”
For Socrates, it is only in the
recognition of one’s ignorance that a person can truly know one self
the wisest among philosophers
Socrates
For Plato, the psyche is composed of three
elements:
- appetitive,
- spirited,
- and the mind.
is the superpower that controls the affairs of the self
nous
incudes one’s desire, pleasures, physical satisfactions, comforts, etc
Appetitive Element
the Appetitive Element incudes one’s
desire, pleasures, physical satisfactions, comforts, etc
is part of the psyche that is excited when given challenges, or fights backs when agitated, or fights for justice when unjust practices are evident.
Spirited Element
Hot- blooded part of the psyche
Spirited Element
Superior of all elements
Mind
he refers to this element as the nous which means the
conscious awareness of the self.
mind
which means the conscious awareness of the self
nous
It decides, analyses, thinks ahead, proposes what is best
mind
rationally controls both the appetitive and spirited elements
of the psyche
mind
MAN’S END GOAL IS HAPPINESS
ST. AUGUSTINE