ACTIVITY 6

THE SELF IN WESTERN AND ORIENTAL/EASTERN THOUGHT

What is self in the definition of Western and Eastern thoughts?
Li is a kind of balance wheel of conduct, is a valuable virtue, and it establishes harmony. ~
Confucius Live your life as though every act were to become a universal law. ~ Immanuel Kant
~ The given Confusius' philosophy centered on emphasizing the relational self and social
understanding of our self. Another interpretation of mine holds that the ideal thus moral self is
always capable of sacrificing individual interests in order to prioritize social interests. It also
claims that our individual and social selves are not mutually exclusive, but rather are
metaphysically and profoundly related. Whereas the ideas in Immanuel Kant's given philosophy
revolve around the fact that we must live our lives through our actions in order to fully become
a universal law. I believe that the acts to which he was referring are any actions that are right if
they can coexist with everyone's freedom in accordance with a universal law, or if on its most
basic level, each person's freedom of choice can coexist with everyone's freedom in
accordance. While their similarities are that they both focus on the problem of virtue and the
morality of our lives. They are also both concerned with social harmony above all else. They
both want to give their followers impossible tasks in order to disable their individuality through
guilt. In the still mind, in the depths of meditation, the self-reveals itself. ~ Bhagavad Gita The
two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we
must rely in the acquisition of knowledge. ~ Rene Descartes ~ The given philosophy of the
Bhagavad Gita states that the individual is part of, rather than separate from, nature. While
Rene Descartes' thoughts on the given philosophy are all about the body gathering information
through the senses, he never always trusted the information coming from the senses.

While they share the belief that the self can be correctly considered as either a mind or a
human being, they differ in their approaches to self-realization. The body is the Bodhi tree, the
mind is like a clear mirror. At all times we must strive to polish it, and must not let the dust
collect. ~ Shenxiu A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,
but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. ~ Plato ~
Shenxiu taught that meditation could clear the mind and lead to sudden enlightenment, which
became the pivot of daily meditation practice. And for Plato began with the idea that the soul
lived in the world of ideas, while the body lived in the world of the sensible. His ideas were
always preoccupied with the duality of the body and the soul, and he was primarily concerned
with discovering the truth through systematic argumentation and theory. And their similarity is
that they are both concerned with empowering themselves in order to overcome life's
challenges, as well as providing motivation and observing the individual's growth and
development.
A. Concept of the Self The first column, which includes some Eastern philosophies as
well as some well-known philosophers, depicts more depth and has a deeper meaning behind
each statement, and I can say that it's truly meaningful because the philosophers are already
known as great and amazing due to their famous acts. And Eastern philosophies are primarily
concerned with our morality, specifically our side of being decent and virtuous. Whereas the
second column also shows philosophies with some well-known Western philosophers, and their
philosophies are more general to ourselves than the Eastern philosophies, which are centered
on our morality. It also has a direct correlation to ourselves and is easier to understand. While
they have some similarities, they are both philosophies that can help us discipline ourselves
and improve as human beings. And the greatest philosophers are represented in both columns.
B. Distinction Between Eastern and Western Philosophies First, Eastern Philosophies
are found in Asia. Eastern beliefs are more based on Confucianism, Mahayana Buddhism, and
Taoism and adhere to being family-oriented. Confusius (Chinese), Bhagavad Gita (Indian), and
Shenxiu (Chinese) are all Asian philosophers who adhere to and believe in communal and
spiritual constructs. Western philosophies can be found in European countries. Their beliefs are
more akin to and based on Christianity, and they practice individualism. Immanuel Kant
(Prussian/Russian), Plato (French), and Aristotle (Ancient Greek) are the philosophers in the
second column, where they reckon and peregrinate to develope a construct of being
individualistic, self-reliant, rational, and more scientific beliefs and philosophies. Finally, they
both discuss and philosophize about various aspects of our lives, as well as coping and trusting
ourselves.