The Human Person As An

Embodied Spirit
Presented by Ahezya Nicole Madjani and Janiella Sereño
 Human person
•Someone with an exact origin of
his or her classification.
 Embodied spirit
•The body is not separate from the soul, just as the
soul is not separate from the body.
•The human person is the point of convergence of
the material and spiritual entities, between the body
and soul
•Driving force of what we think do and say
Why is this important?

it enables us to know our potentialities and

limitations, it also exposes us to a thorough and
deeper understanding of ourselves as a unique
creature united by body and soul.
 Plato's
philosophy
about the
human person
•According to him the human person is composed of body and soul
and he said that these two have opposite nature

•According to him body and soul are separable,

For him a human person is just a soul imprisoned in a body.

•Therefore, Plato believes that the human person

is not an embodied spirit
 Aristotle's philosophy
about the human person
as an embodied spirit.
 •Human person's body and soul are inseparable
•Soul (principle of life)
•"The soul is the form of the body and the body is the matter of the
soul"
•Aristotle see the soul and the body as a whole.
What qualities does a
human person with
an embodied spirit
demonstrate
 SELF
AWARENESS
EXTERNALITY
 SELF
DETERMINATION
DIGNITY
How does the nature of a human person
as embodied spirit affect one's
limitations and possibilities for
transcendence?
Human nature still has limits despite being an embodied
spirit. It can be said that the
person is very biologically deficient being. We do not have
the natural ability to fly. We cannot breathe underwater
without using breathing apparatus. We cannot survive in
certain environments like other animals.
 Limitations of the Human
Person as an Embodied Spirit
1. Facticity
Refers to the things in our life that are already given.
2. Spatial-Temporal Being
• As temporal beings, our most obvious limitation is our finitude –
our finite quality or state.
• As spatial beings, we are limited by our bodies to be present in
two or more places at the
same time.
3. The Body as Intermediary
• Intermediary means acting as a mediator (Merriam- Webster).
• Our body serves as an intermediary between us and the physical
world
TRANSCENDENCE
• Is the ability to change, be dynamic, and continually redefining
one’s self which works with
our facticity to create change.
• Our mind is an important tool that allows us to go beyond many
of our physical limits.
Although we have these physical limitations, we can transcend them
because of our spiritual dimension.
• As human persons, we have natural tendencies or inclinations.
Some of these are felt
bodily functions like hunger, fatigue, etc. transcendence means
overcoming oneself or being in control even if the body reminds us
of certain tendencies. Although these tendencies are felt, the person
can govern them and ensure that they are exercised within the bounds
of reason.
• Each individual carries within himself the possibility of
transcending his limits by exerting
enough effort and perseverance
Concept of dread
Man is simply into the world and is left
alone to face what he can do because he
did not want it.
Concept of being others
related
He has to establish relationships with
others in the world.
 Being-for-itself
•This is where consciousness enter, because we
chooses what we do
 Being in itself
•These are things that have predetermined existence
or something just is what it is
•Things that are not conscious
 Being for others
•the self that is an object for others
Concept of guilt feeling

In Philosophy guilt feeling is something that is

lacking or missing in a person. As such, a human
person is a guilt creator.
Concept of concern
Human’s person relatedness to the entire is
basically things which he encounters in the
world. He is always “together” with others.
Concept of conscience

it plays a primary role in recovering

from being “last or fallen’ in the
world.
Concept of resoluteness

is a man’s readiness to be
called conscience.
Concept of temporality

imposes limits to one’s human body

Through prayer, modesty, fasting, and other
sound measures that the Church recommends, or
God provides, can purify the heart, mind, and
body be maintained in daily life.
 Concept of death
The Human person’s temporal existence will
find its end on death.