Edward Ian D.

Dimabuyu July 24, 2019

BSCE 1-I Understanding Self

CONCEPT OF SELF

ARISTOTLE: “The soul is the essence of self”

 The body and soul are not two separate elements but are one thing.
 The soul is simply the form of the body, and is not capable of existing without the
body.
 The soul is that what makes a person a person. The soul is the essence of self.
 Without the body, the soul cannot exist. The soul dies along the body.
 He suggested that anything with life has soul.
 He introduced the three kinds of soul: vegetative, sentient, and rational.

SOCRATES: “An examined life is not worth living”

 For Socrates, an Ancient Greek Philosopher, the self is synonymous with the soul.
 The soul is immortal. He believed that every human possessed an immortal soul.
 Human life does not end at one’s death.
 He explained that death is the departure of soul for the eternal world.
 In Socrates’ concept of Reality where it consists of two dichotomous realms: the
physical realm (mortal) where the body belong to this and the ideal realm
(immortal) where the soul belong to this.

GEORGE HERBERT MEAD: “The self, “Me” and I””

 One’s identity emerges out of external social interactions and internal feelings of
oneself.
 According to Mead, the "me" is the socialized aspect of the person, and the "I" is
the active aspect of the person
 It is not evident at birth but emerges over time through language, play, and
games.

THALES
 Describes water is the origin of all things
 The principle of all things is water; all comes from water, and to water all returns.