Introduction to the

Philosophy of the
Human Person
RECAP

WHAT WAS ARE TOPIC LAST

MEETING?
JUMBLED LETTERS
Arrange and define the words and
mention from what spiritual
belief it is.
MUA
AUM
RHAMAD
DHARMA
SCORS
CROSS
NAVANIR
NIRVANA
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
The learner evaluates own
limitations and possibilities for
one’s transcendence.
EVALUATE OWN
LIMITATIONS AND THE
POSSIBILITIES FOR
THEIR
TRANSCENDENCE
 FACTORS OF
EVALUATING OWN
LIMITATIONS AND THE
POSSIBILITIES FOR
THEIR TRANSCENDENCE
FORGIVENESS
Is the decision to let go of
resentment and thought of
revenge.

When we forgive, we are

freed from our anger and
bitterness
THE BEAUTY OF
NATURE
Touches us deeply and the
human heart is
spontaneously lifted.
During this experience, we
offer praise.
VULNERABILITY
Capable of being
physically or
emotionally wounded
of hurt.
 FAILURE
Forces us to confront
our weaknesses and
limitations.
 LONELINESS
Feeling of emptiness or
hollowness inside

It is rooted from our sense

of vulnerability and fear of
death
 LOVE
One of the most profound
emotions known to human
beings.

A feeling of strong or constant

affection for a person.
 Man as More than his Body
The statement “man is an embodied subject” implies that our
bodies are not accessories. Our bodies are essential to our
being integrated persons. Our bodies are symbols of interiority
and are subject to the laws of the material world. Bodily
existence also means that we must accept our genetic
endowment, which sets the baseline for certain possibilities
and limitations to our physical, intellectual, and psychological
capacities. [Maria Imelda Nabor-Nery, Philosophy of Man,
2007]
 Man as Greater than other Animals
Man is endowed with superior intelligence and is the highest
form of animal whose activities are determined and regulated
by natural laws that govern all matter in the physical
environment.

The traits and characteristics which differentiate man

from other forms of animals are his social, cultural, and
intellectual attributes.
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Man has the ability to
A communicate, compose
N sentences, and carry on
intelligent conversation.
G Communication is an essential
U means by which people are
linked together to achieve a
A common purpose for the
G common good.

E
C
R Man’s highly developed
E brain enables him to invent
A or create. Because of his
T power of imagination, he
I can make tools, machines,
V devices to make his life
I easier and enjoyable.
T
Y
 SOCIAL Man as a social being passes
AND laws, establishes rules of
conduct and develops
LEGAL policies that reflect his needs
and that of others.
PERSPECTIVE
 Man is conscious of history,
the branch of knowledge
HISTORICAL dealing with significant past
CONSCIOUSNESS events that affect his life and
that of others.
A
E
S
T
H Man has aesthetic taste
E and appreciation.
T T
A
I
S
C T
E
E Man values right and
T wrong to promote order in
H his life and in his society.
I
C
S
F
A Man is a religious being. He
I engages and worships a
T super being to whom he
HO owes allegiance, loyalty and
R respect. He gets involved in
C
ritual and ceremonial
R
practices that provide him
E
spirit nourishment.
E
D
 MY BODY By: Eduardo Jose E. Calasanz
Body of mine but my whole spirit and will. Already in early
times, the ancient philosophers of Greece tackled the question of
the human body. Likewise, the body and soul of man are only
two aspects of the whole man. In his Meditations on First
Philosophy, Descartes explains the profound and real difference
between the body and soul of man. Like the dualism or Descartes.
The body as intermediary. My body acts as the intermediary
between the self or subject and the world. In reality, the encounter
of the experience of my self and the experience of the world can
only take place in the experience of my body. Every part of my
body says something of myself and my world. The language of
my body has its own grammar and rhetoric in expressing my
interiority.
 TRANSCENDENCE
Is a state of being or existence that is above and beyond
physical needs and realities.

From a biological and physical standpoint, it can be

recognized that the human body, although it can perform
many functions, also has limitations and possibilities.
In aiming for transcendence, it is important to
consider the feasibility of your goals, the work
you would need to put in it, the challenges you
will face, and other factors that may come in
play.
A 1-3. WHAT ARE THE 3 FACTORS OF
C EVALUATING THEIR OWN
T LIMITATIONS AND THE
I POSSIBILITIES FOR THEIR
TRANSCENDENCE?
V
I 4-7. WHAT ARE THE 4 TRAITS AND
T CHARACTERISTICS WHICH
Y DIFFERENTIATE MAN FROM OTHER
FORMS OF ANIMALS?

8-10. HOW WILL YOU

TRANSCENDCE YOUR
Thank You