VARIOUS

PERSPECTIVES OF
SELF
SOCRATES

• Socrates explains the nature of man and the rationale on

which man thinks. Socrates believed that, man is a
product of his thoughts. Socrates questioned the way we
attach importance to what people say without
understanding the principle of individual thinking.
SOCRATES

• In order to know oneself, one must take of the

“SOUL”
• The soul is our ability and willingness to Learn
and think and we must take care of the Soul
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE SOUL
•Critically examine people’s comment and assumption : The common belief should be subjected to
examination

•Put forward a reversal to these statements: It is true that the society follows fashioned assumptions. 
•There are no credible statements than yours: When you are able to fine the reversals to the
statements, you will conclude that many statements and assumptions are misleading. This will help
you build your confidence in logical thinking.
•Formulate your statements from observations:
.Develop yourself: Make it a habit to always examine the statements of people and find the reversal
to those statements.
• In conclusion, we are what we think of ourselves and we must act accordingly. Socrates
provided examples to show that philosophical thinking can be done even by the common
man. Logical thinking is the ability to examine each statement independently not minding
the opinion of the majority.
PLATO

• The soul is separate from the body

The Soul is composed of 3 components

• The rational Soul – enables man to think
• The spiritual Soul- Experience happiness, joy sadness, anger and other
emotions
• The appetitive soul- Drives the person to hunger, thirst and physical wants
AUGUSTINE

• A soul can’t live in this world without a body for it is considered as a unity of body
and self. It is an important element of man which governs and defines himself.
We all know that we are created in the image and likeness of God for we are
geared towards the good. For example, as we are living in this world, we should
take good care of our body not just physically as well as mentally for it is the
house of our soul and when the right time comes, we won’t regret anything for it
has been useful.
- The soul is separated from the body and is immortal,
RENE DESCARTES

•  I THINK THEREFORE I AM
- The mind is greater than the soul because it allows us to think
Man is a thinking man that has an entity to doubt,
understand, analyze, question, and the most important
thing is to reason out that can exist independently in the
physical body.