Performance Task: Me and the Philosopher's

View of the Self

The four Philosopher is agreeable. The term "self" refers to a person's knowledge of his
distinct existence in the universe as well as the apparent command point of his will.
Everyone knows and can know everything there is to know about themselves based on
their own personal experiences. In the end, we only have our own self-experience to
draw on.

SOCRATES AND PLATO

Plato repeated Socrates in almost everything he wrote. We find Plato espousing the
"Realm of Eternal Forms," of which our temporal, material world of things is a bad
replica, because Socrates wrote nothing, and Plato wrote almost everything we know
about Socrates. The Divine Realm, the realm of the immortal soul is the Eternal Realm.
Plato's view of the self is similar to my own self-perception. I believe that I am half-
inhabiting a physical body and half-inhabiting an ideal universe of abstractions.
According to Plato soul is the define aspect of human being however he’s concept of
divine is not spiritual being but rather it’s the one that has intellectual connotation, So
the self, soul or mind according to Plato is the aspect of the human beings which the
forms come in all forms also proposes that there are three parts of the soul the
rational soul the spirited soul and the appetitive soul. The rational soul is the
element that forbids the person to enjoy the sensual experiences so it is the part
that loves truth so it is the part of the soul that seek justice it should rule over the
other parts of the soul through the use of reason, so the rational souls used
intellect. on the other hand, the spirited soul is the element that is inclined toward
reason but understands the demands of passion. it's the part that loves honor and
victory all involved emotional aspects like feelings the spiritual soul is in charge with
that when you’re happy, sad, and in love. Lastly is appetitive soul according to Plato
is it tackles about sensuality it’s the element that enjoy sensual experiences like
food, drink and sex.
DAVID HUME
The self, according to David Hume, is a hazy idea. The self, according to these
matter-only scientists, is simply a by-product of brain neuronal interactions or a
collection of knowledge from various experiences. they say it is just an illusion. The
spirit soul, life, and consciousness that animates the physical body is known as the
self. It is a different kind of energy than matter. It is the one who controls the
intellect, intelligence, senses, and body. When the body is sleeping, the self is the
one who observes the mind's operations. The self is the one who is aware of
intuitions, imaginations, memories, feelings, and emotions. In Hume view Self is a
bundle of perceptions. I agree that the senses create brain activities, which are referred
to as self. It's all about the brain.

 St. Augustine of Hippo

In philosophy, Augustine followed Plato's old view and infused Plato's thoughts with
the theology of Christianity, and as a result, he provided a lot of concepts in the
views of understanding self. So, aside from all the philosophers mentioned in the
book, such as Socrates and Plato, their ideas were generally more like the self is
the soul and the body infused together, but when we talk about same understands,
he also infused the body and the soul as self, but he included the ideas with the
doctrine of Christianity. As a Christian, I believe that believing in the almighty
improves and answers one's vision of oneself through the universe and the body,
which is why I chose Saint Augustine as the philosopher who is most similar to my
beliefs. Accepting God as your lord and savior will grant you a place in heaven,
according to Christian doctrine. So, Augustine’s indicates that when you begin to
embrace and believe in god, you will convert into something so that when you die,
your body will vanish but your soul will be taken to an eternal realm known in the
bible as heaven, which is also where god is currently dwelling. Augustine's idea of
self is defined by his relationship to God, which includes both his perception of
God's love and his response to it, which he achieves through self-presentation and
eventually self-realization. Augustine believed that inner serenity could not be found
without discovering God's love. I also agree with Augustine that self-awareness is
an illusion.

RENE DESCARTES

Another Christian, Rene Descartes, gave us the Doubt Method. To find certainty, we
must doubt everything, according to Descartes. Do not believe in the existence of
heaven. Doubt the existence of God. Doubt the existence of the Cosmos, we can
never doubt one reality, no matter how hard we try: “I think therefore I am.” This is
since doubting is a type of thought. As a result, the "Self" for Descartes is
Transcendental and Absolute Certainty. This was his one-of-a-kind interpretation of
the immortal soul. The idea of mind-body dualism is central to Descartes' view of
the self. A human being, according to Descartes, is made up of two parts: a material
body and a non-material intellect. To put it another way, Descartes believes that the
mind is what makes us human. As a result, for Descartes, the "mind" is the "true
self." The mind, or soul, according to Descartes, is an immaterial, nonextended
substance that thinks. Descartes defines "thinking" as "being aware of oneself and
the object of one's thought." Descartes considers the mind to be a thinking thing as
the true self of humans. It's also worth noting that, according to Descartes, the most
certain knowledge anybody can have been knowledge of oneself as a subject of
conscious states and acts. I agree with Descartes on how he conceived the self and
when he thinks he exist because he is thinking, I agree when he states that the
mind is what makes us human.