Understanding

the
Self
Dr. Au Q. Pestaño
Understanding the Self
Unfolding The Self in Different Perspectives

Unpacking The Self

Managing and Caring for Self

 Chapter 1 Unfolding the Self from Various Perspective
1.1 Philosophical Self
1.2 Social Self
1.3 Anthropological Self
1.4 Psychological Self
1.5 Eastern/Western Thought Chapter 2 Unpacking the Self
2.1 Physical Self
UTS 2.2 Material/Economic Self
2.3 Sexual Self
in a 2.4 Spiritual Self
nutshell 2.5 Political Self
2.6 Digital Self

Chapter 3 Managing and Caring for the Self

3.1 Learning to be a Better Student
3.2 Setting Goals for Success
3.3 Taking Charge of One’s Health
Philosophical
Perspective
of
The Self
General Learning Competencies
Discuss the different representations & conceptualizations of
The Self based on various philosophical perspectives.
CONTENTS
● The Self vis a vis Philosophical Perspective
● Socrates
● Plato
● Descartes
● St Augustine
● Hume
 a good preparation for positions of
leadership , responsibility, or management.
Philo
vis a vis
The Self Wisdom, leadership, and the capacity to
human conflicts, cannot be resolved by any
course of study
 Socrates
“There is only
one good – knowledge
and
one evil -- ignorance.”
– Socrates …
 brotherhood and building friendships

The best way towards a happier life was to focus on self-

Socrates development rather than the pursuit of material wealth

The Self emerges, according to Socrates, when humans possess

certain virtues and leads a virtuous life. And, such life is spent in
the search of goodness to be better and happier.
 Plato

“If the world is not perfect, it is not because of God or the

ideals, but because the raw materials were not perfect.”
 founded the Academy

Balance and moderation

Plato

The Self emerges as one utilizes ideas which had been well
thought of and utilizes ones senses to recognize the truth.
 St. Augustine

“The very perfection of a man is consummated --- when he

finds out his imperfections.”
 “The way to God was to look into oneself. “

The cause of moral evil is the faculty of

St. Augustine free will.
Sin, an action contrary to the will of God.

The Self emerges as one utilizes his faculty

of free will to not deviate from the right order
or oppose himself to the will of God, but
become submissive to it.
 Rene
Descartes

“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to

use it well.”
 “The human mind has enhancing oneself can be done by
principles or a priori reading good books to able to carry
knowledge, conversations with the finest minds
independent of past centuries.
of experience.”
Rene
Descartes
The Self emerges as the
knowledge began in metaphysics, and metaphysics human person not only
began with the self. From the self we arrive to God, possessed a good mind
and from God we arrive at the full knowledge of but used it well too.
mind and body.”
 David
Hume

“The existence of evil proves that God exists.”

 the self is just a the self is a result of our natural
bundle of habit of attributing unified existence
perceptions, like to any collection of associated parts
links in a chain.

David
Hume we can never be directly aware
of ourselves, only of what we
are experiencing at any given
moment.
reason alone cannot motivate anyone to ac but helps
us arrive at judgments, but our own desires motivate
us to act on or ignore those judgments.
Thank you…
Dr. Au Q. Pestaño