GE 1 – UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL #1

Socrates’ view of the self has impacted my understanding of myself. “Know thyself”
which is Socrates’ cornerstone in his philosophy of the self, matters the most for me. I found
myself thinking and asking myself who really am I, and what are the intangible things that can
complete my being. I found myself talking with the mirror and got confused with myself. I think
about knowing myself, knowing the essential things for me, knowing and appreciating the life
that I have. I believe that I have to know myself to the deepest, for me to live my life to the
fullest. It always come to a time that I face different challenges and difficulties in life where I
don’t even know how to come up with then I realized that, I need to discover well my
motivations and personality.
Learning through philosophy will make me a better person. It will lead me to make good
decisions that can change me, and the people around me. Philosophy is an essential tool that can
change our life to a better one. Philosophy is crucial to our being that we need to acquire for us
to know ourselves.