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Philosophers' Views on Self-Identity

1. Socrates believed that individuals know themselves best, including their capabilities, limitations, and behavior, more than anyone else. 2. Plato proposed the idea of an ideal self, a perfect version of oneself that one aims to become based on life experiences and lessons learned, though the standard of a perfect self is unattainable. 3. Thomas Aquinas believed that all self-knowledge is dependent on one's experiences of the world around them, and that environment influences personality and behavior development. The document discusses different philosophers' views on the meaning of self, including that it is shaped by experiences over time and differs for each individual, though generally focuses on self-awareness, potential for growth

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Philosophers' Views on Self-Identity

1. Socrates believed that individuals know themselves best, including their capabilities, limitations, and behavior, more than anyone else. 2. Plato proposed the idea of an ideal self, a perfect version of oneself that one aims to become based on life experiences and lessons learned, though the standard of a perfect self is unattainable. 3. Thomas Aquinas believed that all self-knowledge is dependent on one's experiences of the world around them, and that environment influences personality and behavior development. The document discusses different philosophers' views on the meaning of self, including that it is shaped by experiences over time and differs for each individual, though generally focuses on self-awareness, potential for growth

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Socrates’s meaning of the self means that We as a person should know more than anyone our
true self. We are the only one who truly know our capabilities our limitations and our behavior,
no one knows ourselves better, more than us.
2. In Plato’s meaning of the self, he proposed the ideal self, the perfect self. For me it means that
the ideal self is the person that we want to be, it is the ideal self that you created from your
experiences and lessons in life. We believe that we can have a better version of our self that is
the ideal self, while the perfect self is the unreachable standard of a person. It is unattainable
since you picture yourself as perfect and have no rooms for mistakes which I think may lead to
self-harm or disaster to oneself.
3. In Thomas Aquinas meaning of the self, he imposed that all our all self-knowledge is dependent
on our experiences of the world around us, which I think is true we based our knowledge to the
experiences that we have with in our environment. An environment is one of the factors that
influence a person’s personality and behavior. It is where we develop our ourselves and what
we see, is what we do.
4. Rene Descartes was one of the famous Philosopher and his meaning of the self is one of my
favorites, since it give several interpretation of one self. For me I think therefore I am,
represents us which who thinks, those who are aware. We are aware of our own existence, and
we are aware on the things around us therefore we are a part of it.
5. David Hume’s The self is a bundle, theory of mind, is also confusing but it only states one
definition Hume’s meaning of the self simply means that we don’t have a persisting self,
persisting self means that we do not have a permanent self, since we change ourselves based on
our experience and environment. We don’t have a permanent self since we change constantly.
He simply want to say that there was no self but a collection of perceptions a collection of
experiences which help us to become the person that we are now.
6. Immanuel Kant meaning of the self Respect for self is simple. We as a person must learn and
should have a respect for ourselves. It is one of the things that we need as a person. It our moral
duty to respect our self as a person and it also reflects that we also respect other persons, since
respecting other is like respecting ourselves.
7. Last meaning of the self is from John Locke Personal Identity. Personal Identity according to him
depends on consciences and not on substance. Personal identity is how you see yourself, and
how other sees you. It is which, you define your true self.

All the meaning of the self may have different interpretation from different philosophers but the
idea in those meanings or theory is just that how we see, how we identify and how we build our
self from the experiences that took place in our life. The lesson that it told us and taught us to
be the best version of our self today. The meaning of self may differ from one another which it
represents that everyone is unique because every one of us is different perspective in life and
with ourself, but it still have the same thought. s

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