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SOCRATES
Socrates believed that there are two pieces of the "self." One part of us is the real,
tangible element. This is the mortal aspect, which can / is constantly changing. Planet
is also part of this universal world in which our bodies belong, and the Planet is
continuously being changed just as we are in terms of physicality. The second
element is the spirit or the soul, that he felt was eternal. The soul is the unchanging
element of both realms (it is unchanging when connected to the body and thus in the
physical world, but it is also unchanged when you die and the soul leaves the body to
fly to the perfect dimension).
PLATO
He says the self has mental, spirit and appetite. The appetite is similar to wishes,
positive as well as evil. That has to be in balance. The spirit is what drives us
("courage") to do things, and the mind is what is logical ("wisdom"). He says the
mind should reign over the appetite and the spirit. And every element has to do their
respective jobs.
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AUGUSTINE
Augustine claimed that human beings were created in the image and likeness of God,
and that our rational minds were the creation of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of
the Holy Trinity. He thought that all things in the material world have their place in
the natural order of things, and behave according to their purpose. Animals perceive
and respond to the sensible world unlike inanimate objects, but they still have no
awareness or impulses that are not bound to their senses, but humans have an inner
knowledge that animals lack.
DESCARTES
Rene Descartes believed the mind exercised control of the brain through the pineal
gland. His posited relationship between mind and body is known as Cartesian
dualism, or dualism in substance. He held that mind was distinct from matter, but
could influence matter.
HUME
Hume says the self is only a set of experiences, like chain links. Looking for a
unifying self that goes beyond those expectations is like finding a chain apart from
the ties that make up it. Hume argues that our sense of self is the product of our
unconscious habit of attributing unified life to some related item set.
KANT For Kant, the self is a coherent object of apprehension, a kind of soul or metaphysical
identity which is not provided to intuition and as such there are no such things as
intellectual intuitions. Intuition is a representational apprehension which involves
subjectivity faculties and specifically includes the faculty of sensitivity, which is the
capacity to be influenced by sensory experience. Awareness needs this intuition of
representation; it needs it in mathematics, geometry, and science, even if the laws
regulating those apprehensions are apodictic and conclusive. To understand
something, you need to synthesize learned performances into new performances or
cognitions or judgments.
RYLE
Ryle assumed that actions originated in self. We are all just a set of habits triggered
by the body's internal workings. Experience provides insight, because memories
store the facts. That prospect is what creates your truth. The conscious mind is the
gatekeeper of all the knowledge, storing it accordingly and releasing it. Self is the
result of perceptions brought together.
MERLEAU-
PONTY Maurice Merleau-Ponty felt the physical body was an essential part of what
constitutes the subjective self. This work asserts that a human body includes self and
awareness. The physical body is an integral part of self. The mind's thoughts and the
body's actions are interwoven.
In your own words, state what “self” is for each of the following philosophers. After doing so, explain how
your idea of “self” is well-matched with how they considered of the “self”.
For me Self is the means by which everything is understood, it’s an individual perception of our behavior,
abilities, and unique characteristics. The experience of an individual as a single, unitary, autonomous
being which is distinct from others, experienced across time and place with continuity. The self-
perception involves the awareness of one's physicality and the inner character and emotional life of one's
own.

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