WHO AM I?

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 After learning the method and significance of
Philosophizing,
we can also apply it in situations we find ourselves in.
How can Philosophy bring us to a better understanding of
ourselves?
INTRODUCTION  Many people, including you, may have experienced asking
questions about the meaning of life and the life you lead.
 In this lesson, a discussion about the significance of self-
reflection will be analyzed so we can live making better
decisions.
How do I
find the
meaning of
my life?
 *SOCRATES- SOCRATIC
METHOD/DIALOGUE
“The Also focused on questions that
unexamined encourage self-reflection.
Introspection, or the examination of
life is not oneself through the analysis of the
worth meaning of one’s life
living.” He prompted people to think about
things that matter most in life –
courage, love, the soul, etc.
 During the Medieval period, Christianity was
at its peak.
It provided answers to questions the ancient
philosophers have started.
Christianity
 Questions about the meaning of life, death,
purpose, and how one should lead his life
have been answered through the revelation
of God’s word. Many have turned to religion
to find their life’s meaning
  Supreme Being who created the world and all the
creatures in it, including human beings.
Supreme Being  This leads to the belief that the Supreme Being has
All-knowing chosen a certain path for man even before he is
(omniscient), conceived, and it is the man’s task to discover and
walk through it.
All-powerful  Many theologians and philosophers like St. Augustine
(omnipotent) have written different works to describe the nature of
God, how man can be in accordance to God’s will,
All-present religious concepts like the soul, the Holy Trinity, and
(omnipresent) virtues that would guide man towards a meaningful
life
 As it poses unanswered questions about
There are God’s existence.
people who Religion may explain everything about
do not the meaning of life, but it does not
adhere to provide an explanation for itself nor
the idea of answer its fundamental premise of
where God comes from. Hence, some
religion people have chosen to find meaning by
themselves
  WWII- people started to value their lives in a
greater way than before
 “Existence precedes essence.”
 He referred to “essence” as meaning or purpose.
 Contrary to a religious perspective wherein man
Existentialism already has a purpose assigned to him by a
-Jean-Paul supreme being even before he existed in the
Sartre world,
 Sartre’s view is that man does not have a purpose
yet when he is born. Man existed first, without
meaning or purpose, and as he goes through his
life, he creates the meaning and purpose for
himself.
For the Existentialists, it is the
individual, not the society who
can provide meaning in his own
life. Freedom, responsibility,
and authenticity are the
virtues that Existentialism has
focused on.
 In this situation, you have the freedom to choose
whether you will accept the leadership or not.
EXAMPLES Whatever you choose, it would lead to certain events
you were assigned that you should be responsible for based on your
a project by your choice.
teacher.
You have formed a If you choose to accept the leadership and the project
group and your becomes a success, it’s your responsibility. If it fails, it
groupmates chose is still your responsibility.
you as their leader Authenticity, on the other hand, is the virtue of being
true to oneself, to your own desires and character. If
you made the choice of accepting the leadership, the
question is about whether it is your true wish.
 Existentialists Existentialists
upholds believed that
authenticity, as people who
being true to pretend and are
I’M AN oneself can we not honest with
EXISTENTIALIST!! get to know themselves and
ourselves and their actions are
provide acting on bad
meaning to it faith.
 Since the ancient times, many philosophers
have attempted to put meaning on the life in
this world.
Meaning on Some even think that there is no meaning at all
– that whatever accomplishments humanity
the life in this has, it would still perish one day.
world
 Some think that it doesn’t have to be
meaningless at all – that we can still find
meaning in small-scale, in our seemingly
mundane everyday lives, and keep our attention
to it until it goes to an end.
 Answer the following questions
substantially.
1. What did Socrates mean by,
 “The unexamined life is not worth
ANSWER ME living.”?
PLEASE! 2. How do people find the meaning of life
with a religious perspective?
 3. How did the Second World War give
rise to Existentialism?
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