Self

Perspective
 Socrates Biography
(c. 470 BCE–399 BCE)
• Socrates was an ancient
Greek philosopher
considered to be the
main source of Western
thought. He was
condemned to death for
his Socratic method of
questioning.
Socrates believed that the “self” exists in two
parts.
• One part is the physical,
tangible aspect of us. This
is the part that is mortal
and can be/is constantly
changing. Earth also
belongs to this physical
realm that our bodies
belong in, because just as
us in terms of physicality,
the Earth is constantly
being modified
• The second part is the soul,
which he believed to be
immortal. The soul is the
part that is unvarying across
all realms (it is unchanging
while it is attached to your
body and thus in the
physical realm, but is also
unmodified once you die
and your soul leaves the
body to travel to the ideal
realm).