THE HUMAN PERSON AND HIS DIMENSIONS

Human
 Subject of education
 The object

Task of Philippine Education

 Develop human potential

 Groth og Philippine culture
 Attainment of a “just and humane society”

1.) There is , first of all , the distinction between the person as self and the person in the
community . In real life , however these are not two different and distinct aspects:

DIMENTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY

BODY
 ALIVE AND GROWS
 EXPERIENCES SECTION
 MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

SOUL
 SPIRITUAL SUBSTANCE
 PRINCIPLE OF SPIRITUAL ACTS
 MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
(INTELECT)
-COGNITIVE POWER OF THE MIND
-POWER BY WHICH HUMAN KNOWLEDGE IS ACQUIRED
-INTELLECTION THOUGHT
(WILL)
-TENDENCY TO DESIRE, TO SEEK, AND TO ENJOY THAT WHICH IS APPREHENDED BY THE INTELLECT AS
GOOD
-GUIDING FORCE
PHYSICAL
 HEALTH AND HARMONY
SPIRITUAL
 CAPABLE OF HIGHER CONCERNS
 SENSE OF SPIRITUALITY
INTELLECTUAL/MENTAL
 SEARCH TRUTH
 KNOWLEDGE THAT WOULD HELP THE SOCIETY AND THE WORLD
MORAL
  ENDOWED WITH THE FACULTY OF FREELY CHOOSING AND LOVING
 MUST GO OUT TO OTHERS
SOCIAL
 SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
 PARTICIPATION FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF THE LARGER SOCIETY
ECONOMIC
 HELP TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
POLITICAL
 SENSE OF NATIONALISM AND PATRIONISM
 SENSE OF GLOBAL SOLIDARITY

2. The human person is an individual self-conscious being of incalculable value in himself (Art. 1, Sec. II,
Art. XIII, Sec. 1) who cannot be a mere instrument of the juxtaposed or mixed as oil and water, but he is
an embodied spirit. Hence, his physical, intellectual, moral, and spiritual well-being is recognized by the
State (Art. II, Sec. 13).