“If a man neglects education, he

walks lame to the end of his life.”

-PLATO

by:
“He who is not
contented with what
he has, would not be
contented with what
he would like to
have.”
DONASCO, FRANCIS A.

According to Aristotle, there are

three kinds of the soul: “The first and
greatest victory is to
Vegetative – the lowest type of conquer yourself; to
soul which is found in all living be conquered by
things. Plants, specifically yourself is of all
things most shameful
possess this type of soul. and vile.”
Sensitive – refers to the soul

THE
ESMERO, DARILL E.
exists in animals. It feeds, it
grows, and it reproduces, and it

NATURE OF
has feelings (particularly pain "The educated differ
and pleasure because it has from the uneducated
as much as the living
developed a nervous system)
MAN
from the dead."
Rational- it exists only in man. It
ranks highest than vegetative ESPAÑOL, JOHN
RENWEL J.
and sensitive because it
assumes the functions of them
and it is capable of thinking,
reasoning and willing.
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THE NATURE
OF MAN
Philosophy of man focus into the
origin and nature of human life, as
well as the veracity behind human
existence. It is one’s desire to know
who and what man is
Human = refers to anything
exclusively applicable to man.
Nature = from Latin word “natus”
means “born” or “nature” which means
“to be born” or “being born”. It is the
final direction of reality.
Human Nature – pertaining to
anything exclusively human which
man innately possesses from birth.
Human can be described as universal
and static. Universal pertains to all
born humans and static because it
remains as it is in every man from
birth (womb) to death (tomb).
Human nature only modifies in terms
of its accidental components, such
the growth of the human body, the
change or development of one’s
attitude.
THREE FOLD-LEVEL OF HUMAN
NATURE?
Somatic level – it pertains to the
body substance, character, or
properties of man
Behavioral level – refers to the
mode of acting of every man.
Attitudinal Level – refers to the
cognitive reaction of man to a
given stimulus. Attitudes can
grow or stunted.
VIEWS ABOUT MAN
PRESOCRATIC VIEWS OF
MAN
Thales- he believes that
man has a water stuff.
Anaximenes- he believes that
man is a human body with a
condensed air and a rarefied
human soul.
Heraclitus- for him man has
fire stuff in him in the form of
heat.
Anaximander – according to
him, man is a human being
that has evolved from animals
of another species lower than
him.
Pythagoras- he believes that
man is a dipartite of body and
soul.
SOCRATIC PERIOD.
Socrates- the hailed greatest
philosopher in the Western
civilization. He defined “man is
a being who thinks and wills”.
Plato- he states that “ man is a
soul using a body” because
the nature of man is seen in
the metaphysical dichotomy
between body and soul.
Aristotle - maintains that
there is no dualism between
man’s body and man’s soul.