Socrates
Born c. 470 – 399 BC died (aged approx.71),was a classical Greek
philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy.
IDEAS ABOUT MAN
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SELF HUMAN PERSON
Socrates believed that the only life worth living is a life that is
persistent in seeking good character. When a human character is
weak, this correlates with a lack of knowledge or the lack of ability
to allow knowledge to influence us.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing”
-socrates
St. Augustine
A saint and a Philosopher of the church, born 13 November 354 AD,
Thagaste; 28August 430 AD, Hippo Regius, Annaba, Algeria died (aged 75).
Was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia
whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western
philosophy.
IDEAS ABOUT MAN
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SELF HUMAN PERSON
Augustine thinks that the human being is a compound of body
and soul and that, within this compound, the soul conceived as both the
life-giving element and the center of consciousness, perception and
thought is, or ought to be, the ruling part.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see
what you believe.”
-Saint Augustine
Plato
student of Socrates ; born 428/427 or 424/423– 348/347 BC
died (aged c. 80), was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the
founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher
learning in the Western world.
IDEAS ABOUT MAN
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SELF HUMAN PERSON
The 'true self' is discussed in the context of knowledge and
embodiment, and involves the view that we acquire our true self when we
activate our latent knowledge of the Forms. The question is whether the
sheer fact of embodied existence does not raise an insurmountable
obstacle to our reaching this state.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered
by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.”
-PLATO
Aristotle
Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. in Stagira in northern Greece. Both of his parents were
members of traditional medical families, and his father, Nicomachus, served as court physician
to King Amyntus III of Macedonia. His parents died while he was young, and he was likely
raised at his family's home in Stagira.
IDEAS ABOUT MAN
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SELF HUMAN PERSON
Aristotle argues that the self or the human person is a composite
of body and soul and that the two are inseparable. Aristotle's concept of
the self, therefore, was constructed in terms of hylomorphism. Aristotle
views the soul as the “form” of the human body.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle
René Descartes
(born March 31, 1596, Touraine, France died February 11, 1650,
Sweden), French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher.
IDEAS ABOUT MAN
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SELF HUMAN PERSON
Descartes argues that the self can be correctly considered as
either a mind or a human being, and that the self's properties vary
accordingly. For example, the self is simple considered as a mind, whereas
the self is composite considered as a human being
FAMOUS QUOTE
“I think; therefore I am.”
― Rene Descartes
David Hume
(born May 7 [April 26, Old Style], 1711, Scotland died August 25, 1776,
Edinburgh), Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist known
especially for his philosophical.
IDEAS ABOUT MAN
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SELF HUMAN PERSON
Hume argues that our concept of the self is a result of our natural habit of attributing
unified existence to any collection of associated parts. This belief is natural, but there is no
logical support for it.
FAMOUS QUOTE
That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and
implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise.
- David Hume
Gilbert Ryle
Born August 19, 1900, Brighton, Sussex, England died October 6, 1976, Whitby,
North Yorkshire), British philosopher, leading figure in the “Oxford philosophy,” or
“ordinary language,” movement.
IDEAS ABOUT MAN
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF SELF HUMAN PERSON
Arguing that the mind does not exist and therefore can't be the seat of self, Ryle believed
that self comes from behavior. We're all just a bundle of behaviors caused by the physical
workings of the body.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“A person who has a good nose for arguments or jokes may have a bad head for facts.”
― Gilbert Ryle,
