THE HUMAN PERSON

AS AN EMBODIED
SPIRIT
 OBJECTIVES
❑ Analyze human limitations and
possibilities for transcendence.

❑ Demonstrate appreciation of knowing

human limitations and possibilities for
transcendence.

❑ Create pamphlet on human limits and

possibilities to transcend
ACTIVITY: Analyze the concentric circle and give your initial ideas about the difference
between the body, mind, and spirit.

BODY

MIND

SPIRIT

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 Three Perspectives on the Human
Person
The Scientific View
of Man

Physical/material beings. With our

five senses we confirm by every
second of our existence that we
operate materially in this world,
hemmed in by the limits of time
and space.
Three Perspectives on the Human
Person
The Theological View
of Man
immortal soul

In Genesis 2:7 we learn that “the Lord God formed man of

dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath
of life; and man became a living being.” We are made of
material but infused with immaterial life and the gifted image
of God Himself by way of the intellect and will.
 Three Perspectives on the Human
Person
MAN- It is a general term which
The Philosophical View is commonly used to refer to the
of Man
entire human race.

HUMAN- Refers to man as

To understand man in a
philosophical way species (Homo Sapiens Sapiens)
necessitates a discussion of
the proper meanings of the
PERSON - A much more complex
words “person” and “nature.”
When talking about human term that generally refers to a
beings, we cannot mention a human being granted
“nature” without mentioning
recognition of certain rights,
a “person” connected to it.
protections, and responsibilities.
 Three Perspectives on the Human
Person
The Philosophical View HUMAN BEING - A term used to
of Man
separate man from other
Human Classifications like
To understand man in a
animals.
philosophical way
necessitates a discussion of PERSONHOOD- A general term
the proper meanings of the
words “person” and “nature.”
refers to the state of being a
When talking about human person with unique, sacred and
beings, we cannot mention a ethical status within him/herself
“nature” without mentioning
a “person” connected to it.
.
EXPERIENCE OF MY BODY
Phenomenology - a philosophy of
experience. For phenomenology the
ultimate source of all meaning and value is
the lived experience of human beings.
(Brown University)

Human Embodiment – an experience from

within. The body is the unity itself. The
body is inseparable from your inner sense of
being. (Maboloc).
 Jean Paul Gustave Ricœur
“It is through your body that you are able to do
February 1913 – May 2005)
something for someone, suffer on behalf of another,
French Philosopher
and live for a noble cause” Jean Paul Gustave
Ricœur.
 “It is wrong to begin with dualism
between mind and body. This is
because being human means to live
as the unity between body and soul
– The Person”

Fr. Mike Moga SJ

Fr. Mike Moga SJ

With Dr. Ryan Maboloc
HUMAN
SUBJECTIVITY
 Subjectivity
The ability of the human person to
trascend and realize his potentials.

To be a subject means that one is

free.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4037-WviPQo
 The possibility and
limitations of human
transcendence?
TRANSCENDENCE
AND
LIMITATIONS
❖ BY JEAN-PAUL
SARTRE
 TRANSCENDENCE-
❖ TRANSCENDENCE- means
extraordinary or beyond the human
experience an existence or experience
beyond the normal or physical level. It
is the act of rising above something to a
superior state. It also refers to the
capacity of the human person to go
beyond in their life.
TRANSCENDENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS-

❖ It always transcends itself because in being

continuously conscious of things outside this
world.
❖ “Transcendence refers the very highest and most inclusive or
holistic levels of human consciousness, behaving and relating,
as ends rather than means, to oneself, to significant others, to
human beings in general, to other species, to nature, and to the
cosmos. ( KYLE KOWALSKI )
 CONSCIOUSNESS
❖ - It is the mind’s fundamental property that includes the following:

Intentionality
Freedom

Lack of Fixed Essence

Being-for-Itself
 Transcendence
and Limitations

Possibility of Limiting
Transcendence Factors
 Possibility of
Transcendence

Lack of Fixed
Intentionality Freedom Being-for-itself
Essence
 Intentionality
❖ Intentionality is the power of minds
to be about something: to represent
or to stand for things, properties and
states of affairs.
❖ Intentionality is primarily ascribed
to mental states, like perceptions,
beliefs or desires, which is why it
has been regarded as the
characteristic mark of the mental by
many philosophers.
❖ Intentional Consciousness – directed at things outside
of itself (Primary)
❖ Self-consciousness – is consciousness directed to itself.
(later act of consciousness)
We are conscious first of things in this world outside of our consciousness before we
are conscious of our own consciousness of our own thoughts and feelings.
Thus, consciousness is transcendent in nature because it is directed outside of itself.
A.k.a – Intentionality of Consciousness
 Freedom
❖ Consciousness is free
with regard to the
objects to which it will
direct itself.
❖ We are free what to
believe, think, desire,
hope, or to choose the
action we want to
perform.
 Possibility of
Transcendence

Lack of Fixed
Intentionality Freedom Being-for-itself
Essence
 Lack of fixed essence

❖ It is incomplete and
always transcending
itself
❖ Always in the process of
defining its essence,
nature, and purpose
 Sartre’s concept of the Human Person

Being-for-Itself

Conscious, a lack, incomplete,

free, and has no fixed
essence.

Being-in-Itself

Full, complete, unfree, and

has fixed essence.

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The HP as a Body and Mind, is a combination of both:

Being-for Itself (consciousness) Being-in-Itself (body)
 Limiting
Factors

Natural Other
Environment Body people
 Natural Environment
Pertaining to natural laws
or forces

Ex. gravity and natural

phenomena
 Limiting
Factors

Natural Other
Body
Environment people
 The Body
Various characteristics of
the body.
Genetic makeup, physical
attributes, nationality,
race, age, gender, social
status, etc.
 Limiting
Factors

Natural Other
Body
Environment people
 Note:
“Something becomes a limit or
obstacle to our transcendence
or freedom only because we
have made certain choices.”
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SYNTHESIS: PICTURE OUT MYSELF!

DIRECTIONS: Draw a picture of yourself as a HUMAN PERSON. Explain your drawing

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Congratulation! You are on your way to get to know and

understand better your nature as a human person.
THE QUESTION OF
BEING
Heidegger's main interest was ontology or the study
of being.

The human being is the

Dasein, which means “Being-
there’’ Martin Heidegger further
claims that being-in is “the
formal existential expression
of the being of Dasein, which
has being-in-the- world as its
essential state.”
Two types of world: Heidegger
 "Being-IN-the-World"

INVOLVEMENT

Also known as
Engagement.
Heidegger refer involvement
as
"care".
BEING-ALONGSIDE

A person’s involvement
has the character of
UTILITY.

Things are used as

equipment or
instrument.
 BEING WITH

Shown in moments when

the human person
empathizes with his
fellow human persons.
 Temporality
ONLINE
Also known as human time.
Regards past, present, and
future as forming a unity.

Past and future are integrally

connected with the present.
 Facticity

▪ Facticity has a multiplicity of

meanings from "factuality" and
"contingency" to the intractable
conditions of human existence

▪ Refers to everything about the

human person that can no longer
be changed.
Existentiality 1
Possibilities that a
human person
EXPLAIN has
the different
2 terminologies in the given topic.
and can choose to
have
LIST one’s trait of what
3 makes him/her a human and
a person.
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 ▪ The human person’s
present.

Fallenness ▪ General description

of the state of
existence that human
person live in the
present.
▪ It refers to the kind
of existence in which
Inauthentic the human person is
not the one making
existence decisions for
himself/herself
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Existentiality 1
Possibilities that a
human person
EXPLAIN has
the different
2 terminologies in the given topic.
and can choose to
have.
LIST one’s trait of what
3 makes him/her a human and
a person.
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 Historicity and 1 “My body is not only an
intermediary between me and the
Historical Action world but also between me and
others”
EXPLAIN the Eduardo
different
2 Calasanz
terminologies in the given topic.
“The human self is an individual
unique person and a certain form
of an ideal”
LIST one’s trait of what
3 makes him/her a human and
Ramon Reyes
a person.
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 Historicity and Historicity is characterized by
1 "turning points." The pre-
Historical Action philosophical experience of life's
turning points characterizes who
we are as historical beings..
EXPLAIN the different
2 terminologies in the given topic.
Historical action….. is about our
power to control our destiny.
LIST one’s trait of what
Albert Dondeyne
3 makes him/her a Albert
human and
Dondeyne
May 10, 1901 - February 12, 1985
Belgian philosopher, theologian and university professor
a person.
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 Historicity is NOT to be determined by
Historicity and fate of God….it is characterized by
1 turning points ….(certain events in the
Historical Action history of humankind that have shaped
and radicalized the future of humanity).
Ex.
Wars of religions – The question on the “Divine Rights
Theory”
2 French Revolution – Liberty, equality, and fraternity
were considered as the highest value.

When Galileo proved that Nicolas Copernicus was

correct; Geocentrism vs. Heliocentrism

LIST one’s trait of what

Albert Dondeyne
3Themakes him/her
pre-philosophical a human
experience of life’sand
May 10, 1901 - February 12, 1985
Belgian philosopher, theologian and university professor turning points characterizes
a person. who we are
as a historical beings
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OUTPUT 1
ASSESSMENT
EXPLAIN the different
2 terminologies in the given
topic.

3
1

LIST one’s trait of what

3 makes him/her a human and
a person.
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