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 / Chapter 1 Lesson 2
Date of Submission: June 21, 2022

ACTIVITY #1

Directions: Answer the following questions:

1. What is the nature of self according to the medieval philosophers, St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas?

 Augustine's sense of self is his relation to God, both in his recognition of God's love and his response to it-
achieved through self-presentation, then self-realization. Augustine believed one could not achieve inner peace
without finding God's love.
 Aquinas is usually thought to have a theory of "indirect" self knowledge, according to which the mind only knows
itself in a second-order act that reflects on a first-order act directed toward extramental objects.

2. Do the teachings of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas end up with this statement?

None of the things of this material world can quench a human person’s thirst for perfect happiness.

Explain your answer.

 Yes. Because they both believe that perfect happiness can find in God alone.

3. With St. Thomas, knowing the truth about the self through season is like seeing the dawn while knowing the truth
about the self with the aid of Divine Revelation is like sunrise or broad daylight.

Is this simile correct?

Does this mean that what you see about the self at dawn is the same that you see at sunrise or broad daylight? Does this
mean that there is no contradiction alone and how you see the self in the context of Divine Revelation? Elaborate your
answer.

APPLICATION

Research on the life of at least one person either in the past or at present who gave up his/her material possessions that
others may live better lives. Make it creative.