LOU MONICA G.

EMPELIS
Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in English
1st year, 2nd Sem – Block Online
Professor: Miss Jayne Malayo
Subject / Module: Understanding the Self /Lesson 1
Date of Submission: April 21, 2022

ACTIVITY #1

Directions: Answer the following questions:

1.“Know thyself”, was Socrates’ advice. Considering the nature of yourself, share an experience that proves that you do
not know yourself.

 When I graduated at high school. I don't know where I want to study and what course to take. Like I am still
questioning what do I really want and what was the best for me. I was not sure on what to do and what to take
because I don't really know myself that well.

2.Without this work on yourself, life is worthless, according to Socrates. Do you agree? Why? Why not?

 Yes I definitely agree, because without thinking, lives are not worth living. Aside from that if you don't think on
what you are doing or what will you do, how would you learn and grow, if you will just keep on doing the same
thing and not learning from things where is the worth of life in there so I agree with Socrates that if you don't
work on yourself your life would be a waste and meaningless.

3.“Ignorance is the beginning of wisdom”, Socrates claimed. When you do not admit of you ignorance, what are the
consequences? Illustrate this with your experience.

 If you do not admit your ignorance it will lead to incorrect decisions and not understanding why the decisions
are incorrect. These decisions can lead to worse outcomes in the future. This happens to me last year, even
though I don't know how much I should sell our nachos and how are the measuring I ignore the fact that I don't
know and I did still sell it without considering what will happen next or without thinking the consequences but
just to sell it ending I got bankrupt instead of gaining more money and all the effort got wasted.

ACTIVITY #2

Directions: Answer the following questions:

1. According to Plato, the body is just a shell, a prison house of the soul. As a consequence of this thought, to which
should you give more attention? How?

 The body since it's the shell of the soul and is perishable while the soul is immortal. Through doing exercises,
eating nutritious food, sleeping early and drinking a lot of water and more importantly proper hygiene.

2. The life of a human person for Plato is a continuous ascent towards the world of ideas, a journey in which the self
frees itself from the imprisonment in the body. Does applying Plato’s thought of the self lead to an ascetic way of
life? Explain your answer.
  Yes, because after we die our soul will go to heaven where the world of ideas is there and that means we need
to live in simple and strict life.

ACTIVITY #2
Directions: Answer the following questions:

1. Someone said: “Your head is above your reproductive organs. For you to lead a happy life, your reproductive organs
must be ruled by your reasons.” Is this in accordance with Aristotle’s teaching?

 Yes. Aristotle did believe that happiness or flourishing (eudaimonia) comes from following our best identities,
which I suppose can be summarized as a reason. As a result, reason must rule over all of our lower part of us,
including reproductive urges, emotions, and desires.

2. How do you develop virtue according to Aristotle? Can this Chinese proverb help? Is this proverb in accordance with
Aristotle’s teaching in virtue? Explain your answer.
Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words. Be careful of your words, for your words become your
actions. Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits. Be careful of your habits, for your habits become
your character. Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny. – Chinese Proverb, author
unknown

 Aristotle defines moral virtue as a disposition to behave in the right manner and as a mean between extremes of
deficiency and excess, which are vices. We learn moral virtue primarily through habit and practice rather than
through reasoning and instruction. Virtue is a matter of having the appropriate attitude toward pain and
pleasure. Your habits & practices defines you.