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Chapter 1 Lesson One
Chapter 1 Lesson One
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
2. DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS OF THE SELF FROM THE PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE
3. DIFFERENTIATE THE VARIOUS CONCEPTS OF THE SELF AND IDENTIFY THEIR SIMILARITIES
ACTIVITY 1:
ANALYSIS
WERE YOU ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOVE WITH EASE? WHY? WHICH QUESTIONS DID YOU
FIND EASIEST TO ANSWER? WHICH ONES ARE DIFFICULT? WHY?
CAN ONE TRULY KNOW THE SELF? DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT SELF?
WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?
PHILOSOPHY IS ABOUT:
FINDING ANSERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT OURSELVES AND ABOUT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN:
PYTHAGORAS
The first to use the term philosophy
PHILO-Greek word for LOVE
SOPHIA-Greek word for wisdom
LOVE OF WISDOM
SOCRATES
ARISTOTLE
2. SPIRITED SOUL
3. Appetitive soul
basic needs
Includes our basic biological needs such as hunger, thirst and sexual
desire.
These 3 elements of our selves are in a dynamic relationship with one another,
sometimes in conflict.
When conflict occurs, Plato believes that it is the responsibility of our
REASON/RATIONAL to sort things out and exert control, restoring a harmonious
relationship among the 3 elements of our selves.
Plato believes that genuine happiness can only be achieved by people who
consistently make sure that their REASON is in control of their SPIRITS and
APPETITES
A student of Plato
the body and soul are not 2 separate elements but are one thing
the soul is simply the FORM of the body and is not capable of existing without the body
The soul is that which makes a person. The soul is the essence of the self.
Aristotle suggests that the rational nature of the self is to lead a good life, flourishing, and
fulfilling life.
Without the body the soul cannot exist. The soul dies along with the body
Soul and body, I suggest react sympathetically upon each other. A change in the state of the soul
produces a change in the shape of the body produces a change in the state of the soul.
Aristotle suggested that anything with life has soul.
His discussion about the self centers on the kind of soul possessed by a man.
He introduced the 3 kinds of soul.
I act therefore, I am