NAME: YEEHSHIN JILL GAYO

BSED- SCIENCE

FIRST YEAR/ BLOC A

Self-Perception in Realization

“Everyone has a different perception of self in every aspect of life, some had taken the
path of unexamined way and some also go to an examined way. But still, we are the
one who made the definition of our individuality by our own thoughts.”

Believing the perspectives of Socrates about self is what had also aligned with my own
beliefs. I initially agree that the unexamined life is not worth living since we might track
or take the wrong way and it could lead us to a regretful decision. An examined life
would help us to gain or achieve success that will result to happiness and satisfaction.
With this also, we must connect it by being true to ourselves or soul as what Socrates
stated in his central concern to philosophy. We must think logically in patterned that
cannot be influenced by the majority.

Furthermore, ourselves is the concept of what makes or help us to have a unique

individuality. It could portray us of who we really are by the positive and negative
characteristics whether it can be physically, emotionally, and intellectually. Thought
there are times that we are not brave enough to show-off who we really are, particularly
in public, all of us just remember to have trust on ourselves as what Socrates said. We
must stand to our actions and statements because this is our principle of strength.
Depending on other people’s opinion is not literally helpful for us since they are judging
of what we really wanted to do, and this is not how we define ourselves.
Having trust in ourselves would really help us to live the life of what we wanted or how it
supposed to be. Our life is our choice and only ourselves had the right to control and
decide for it.