Lesson 1

PHILOSOPHICAL
PERSPECTIVE

Arabella S. Castro

BSED English 1-A

Ms. Frizza Antonio

Activity

Do You Truly Know Yourself?

Answer the following questions about your SELF as fully and precisely as you can.

1. How would you characterize your self?

I am a type of person wants all things organized. I’m a type pf person who
wants all things will go in plan and will work accordingly. They say I’m a
perfectionist, maybe for them I am but I know for myself that I’m not that type of
person. I just want things will go in plan and make things more organized for
them to do more smoothly or much easier. Despite of that characteristic I have,
I’m just a simple girl who appreciates small things I have and appreciate what
other people do for me. Those little efforts has a big impact on me and I don’t see
it as a small rather, it’s a effort that made wholeheartedly.

2. What makes you stand out from the rest? What makes your self special?

Being me and having a confidence on myself makes me stand out from the
rest. I don’t need to act in other way for others to love and like me. I will do what
I normally do and never think what other people might say to me. Having
confidence helps me to face the obstacle I experiencing and I will experience and
i will never let that obstacle in my life to drag me down.

3. How has your self transformed itself?

There are many factors that can help individual to transform into their itself.
We all know that family, love ones, and friends can really affect our lives. My
family and friends really help me to become who I am today. They help me to
face my problems by their guidance and love. They help me to discover who I
am. Those mistakes I made in the past helps me to become more stronger and
also help me to discover my strengths and weaknesses. I can say that those factors
said above help me to transform and become better person.

4. How is your self connected to your body?

I am connected to my body through my mind, spirit, soul, heart, and
also my emotions. Those are the things makes me to connect to my body and
each of those have different functions and need to do for my body to function
well.

5. How is your self related to other selves?

In terms of relating our self to other selves, we need to make a strong
connection with them by giving a good relationship with others. We all know that
each individual have unique characteristics and those characteristics makes us
more special but despite of those, we need to relate our self to others for us to
have a good relationship with them.

6. What will happen to your self after you die?

 The concept of the soul and spirit leaves the body as we die is being carried as we
grow old. And that concept taught us that this will happen to our self when we die.
ACTIVITY

Answer:
In defining the concept of the self, who among the philosophers do you agree the most
with? Choose two or more and explain your answers.

The concept of Jean Jacques Rousseau makes me agree. His concept that man is
inherently good at birth makes me agreed to his concept. We all know that without the
influence of others, we are not able to do such things that is not good for us. He
explained that the evil society makes man to do evil things. We can observe it by our
self that our society is full of temptation to do things that are not good for us and for
every body. The concept of Thomas Hobbes is likely connected to the concept of Jean
Jacques Rousseau. Thomas Hobbes argued that Man is not born evil at birth. Having a
good education makes man to build a good characteristics for them to attain the moral
attitude and uprightness.