The Philosophical Perspective of the Self: Ancient Philosophy

Question 1

The love of wisdom or the academic study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence. It came to be understood more as a way of thinking about the questions.

Answer 1

Philosophy

Question 2

What is the theory proposed under the Ancient Philosophical Perspective of the Self (Plato, Socrates, and St. Augustine of Hippo)?

Answer 2

Body Theory or The Concept of Dualism

Question 3

According to him, every man is dualistic.

Answer 3

Socrates

Question 4

Socrates said that a person’s self is comprised of two parts, what is it?

Answer 4

BODY and SOUL

Question 5

It is the physical material of our self.

Answer 5

BODY

Question 6

It is the immaterial part of our self.

Answer 6

SOUL

Question 7

According to Plato, the soul has 3 more underlying components, what are they?

Answer 7

RATIONAL SOUL
SPIRITED SOUL
APPETITIVE SOUL

Question 8

It governs reason and intellect

Answer 8

RATIONAL SOUL

Question 9

It manages the person’s emotions

Answer 9

SPIRITED SOUL

Question 10

It stores our basic desires like food, drink, sleep, etc.

Answer 10

APPETITIVE SOUL

Question 11

He added Christianity to the the theory, in which a part of man dwells in the world and yearns to be divine while the other part is capable of immortality.

Answer 11

St. Augustine of Hippo