This document discusses ancient philosophers and their views on self and identity. It explains that Plato saw man as having a tripartite nature, with a rational soul that can exist apart from the body. Plato also believed in a two world theory with an ideal world of reality and a sensible world of constant change. Socrates' view was that one should know thyself. Aristotle saw man as a rational animal with body and soul in a state of unity, where the rational soul exists only in man.
This document discusses ancient philosophers and their views on self and identity. It explains that Plato saw man as having a tripartite nature, with a rational soul that can exist apart from the body. Plato also believed in a two world theory with an ideal world of reality and a sensible world of constant change. Socrates' view was that one should know thyself. Aristotle saw man as a rational animal with body and soul in a state of unity, where the rational soul exists only in man.
This document discusses ancient philosophers and their views on self and identity. It explains that Plato saw man as having a tripartite nature, with a rational soul that can exist apart from the body. Plato also believed in a two world theory with an ideal world of reality and a sensible world of constant change. Socrates' view was that one should know thyself. Aristotle saw man as a rational animal with body and soul in a state of unity, where the rational soul exists only in man.