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 PLATO
Plato is a dualist; there is both immaterial
mind (soul) and material body, and it is the
soul that knows the forms. Plato believed
the soul exists before birth and after death.
[We don’t see perfect circles or perfect
justice in this world, but we remember
seeing them in Platonic heaven before we
were born.] Thus he believed that the soul
or mind attains knowledge of the forms, as
opposed to the senses. Needless to say,
we should care about our soul rather than
our body.
Augustine's sense of self is his relation to God, both in his AUGUSTINE
recognition of God's love and his response to it—achieved
through self-presentation, then self-realization. Augustine believed
one could not achieve inner peace without finding God's love.
 IMMANUEL KANT
According to Kant, we all
have an inner and an
outer self which together
form our consciousness. The
inner self is comprised of
our psychological state and
our rational intellect. The
outer self includes our
sense and the physical
world.
Gilbert Ryle authored The
Concept of Mind. ... Arguing
that the mind does not exist
and therefore can't be the seat
of self, Ryle believed
that self comes from behavior.
We're all just a bundle of
behaviors caused by the
physical workings of the body.
THE SELF EMBEDDED IN CULTURE
THE SELF AS A COGNITIVE
CONSTRUCTION
 THE SELF IN WESTERN AND
ORIENTAL/EASTERN THOUGHT
Western Philosophers Eastern Philosophers

Thales Mencius

Plato Lao - Tzu

Pythagoras Confucius
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