Lesson 3 - The Human Person As An Embodied Spirit

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PHILOSOPHY
Topic 3: The human Person as an Embodied

Spirit
Ederlyn D. Santos
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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OBJECTIVES
 Understand human person
 Three components of human person composed
 Three parts of the soul according to Plato
 Identify Embodied Spirit
 Human Person as Embodied Spirit
 Human Transcendence
 Identify the Eightfold Path” of Buddhism
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Human person
 from time after time learned how to live beyond what was
traditional through the various human evolutions from
Hominid to Homo Sapiens or the Modern Man people learn
the concept of power, politics and economics. These reasons
served as basis which led to a more structured political and
economic system. Thus, rights of an individual are considered.
 is someone with an exact origin of his/her classification. From
the biblical perspective, we came from Adam and Eve. For
science, we came from Ape under the Class: Mammalia
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Man
 It is generally and commonly
defined to represent the entire
human race.
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Human
 A term used to refer for
various classifications and
species. For a living man,
human is under the
classification of Mammalia.
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Human Being
 A term used to separate man
from other Human
Classification like animals.
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Person
 refers to an individual who
possess self-awareness, self-
determination, rational mind,
and the capacity to interact
with other and with himself/
herself.
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Personhood
 A general term refers to the
state of being a person with
unique, sacred and ethical
status within him/herself.
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Human Nature
 A general term refers to the
deepest and natural behaviour
of a person that distinguish
human from animals. A
collective trait that formed and
considered the very essence of
humanity. Nobody can be
considered man without human
nature
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Three components of human person composed
Soul
 in religion and philosophy, the
immaterial aspect or essence of
a human being, that which
confers individuality and
humanity, often considered to
be synonymous with the mind
or the self.
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Mind
 mental events, mental
functions, mental
properties and consciousness
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Spirit
 human spirit is considered to be
the mental functions of awareness
, insight, understanding,
judgement and other reasoning
powers. It is distinguished from
the separate component of psyche
which comprises the entities of
emotion, images, memory and
personality.
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Three parts of the soul according to Plato
Rational Soul
 is located in the head.
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Spiritual Soul
 is located in the chest.
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Appetitive Soul
 is located in the abdomen.
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Two general kinds to distinguish a human person
1. Cognitive Self
 (something within and
cannot be physically seen)
is the essential
components of a human
persons that deals with
THE WHAT OF A PERSON
which includes human
persons’ belief, desire,
dreams, and intentions.
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Two general kinds to distinguish a human person
2. Physical Self
 (something can be seen in
his/her physical appearance)
which deals with the essential
features of the human way of
life or THE WHO OF A PERSON
which includes his/her body
type, strength and appearances.
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Embodied Spirit
 is an animating core living

within each of us. It is known to
be the driving force behind
what we actually think, do and
say.
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Embodied Spirit
 It is indeed the reflections of our total
being by which our sensations lead to
our human feelings, emotions and
decision. The usual and known
connotation that comes to our mind
when we hear the word “embodied” is
always materialized or became flesh
(with physical form). Thus, when we
say “embodied spirit”, we normally
believed and conclude of a spirit
becoming flesh.
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Human Person as Embodied Spirit
1. Self-awareness
 Refers to person having a clear
perception of oneself,
including his or her thoughts,
emotions, identity, and
actions (Abella, 2016).” It is
the ability of one’s
consciousness to look inward
thus discovering the presence
of a self.
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1. Self-awareness
 The self is the subject that
thinks, feels and acts. It is your
I amness (Wilber, 2006). The
self enables a person to
experience an inner world of
dreams, thoughts, imagination,
fantasy (Abella, 2016). Thus,
the self represents man’s
interiority (loob in Filipino).
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2. Externality
 A human person is able to
connect and interact with
another person, an animal or an
inanimate object. So even
though human beings have
interiority they are not trapped
inside their heads. They are able
to go beyond their limited
selves and embrace others.
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3. We are not determined by others
 Because we have interiority; we can
direct the course of our own life. This is
what we call self-determination which
is “the capability of persons to make
choices and decisions based on their
own preferences, monitor and regulate
their actions, and be goal oriented and
self-directed” (Abella 2016) Thus
human beings are free.
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3. We are not determined by others
 However since our actions are based on our
decisions we have to realized that every
decision has a consequence(s). There are
some actions that are good because they
lead to good consequences and some
actions are bad because they lead to bad
consequences. The result of our freedom is
morality which is “the goodness or badness
of an act” (Abella 2016)
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4. Human person has an Inherent value and importance.
 This is what we call dignity. That is why no amount of money
can equal the value of a human life. This is also the reason
why individual rights are absolute (Rand 1964). The American
Founding Fathers called rights as “inalienable” because it
cannot be separated from our humanity. If we are stripped off
of our rights we are stripped of our humanity. That is why
slaves (who have no rights) are not being treated as human.
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Human Transcendence
 Human beings have the unique
power to change themselves and
things for the better.
 Religion and philosophy teach human
beings to overcome our limits. In
technological parlance, humans can
upgrade themselves.
 Example, Buddhism. Buddha realized that
all people suffer. Maybe in your case you
just accept your own suffering as part of
life but not for Buddha.
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The Eightfold Path” of Buddhism
1. Right view
 a correct understanding of the
nature of things, specifically the
Four Noble Truths.
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2. Right intention
 eliminating thoughts of
attachment, detestation, and
harmful intent, divisive.
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3. Right speech
 abstaining from verbal offenses
such as lying, speech,
unforgiving speech, and
irrational speech
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4. Right action
 refraining from physical
offenses such as
murdering, thieving, and
sexual misbehavior,
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5. Right livelihood
 evading trades that directly or
indirectly damage others, such
as trading slaves, weapons,
animals for butchery, intoxicants,
or poisons,
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6. Right effort
 forsaking undesirable states of
mind that have already arisen,
preventing undesirable states
that have yet to arise, and
sustaining positive states that
have already arisen.
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7. Right concentration
 single-mindedness.
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8. Right mindfulness
 consciousness of body, feelings,
thought, and phenomena.
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