ACTIVITY 1.

1: Using the table below, list only four philosophers and their views on the
self. Then, cite the similarities in their philosophical perspective.

PHILOSOPHERS PHILOSOPHICAL SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES

VIEWS ON THE SELF

Truth seeking and the He held that the He said that the soul
1. PLATO truth can be true self of human can be separated
distinguished in the beings is the reason from the body.
forms: metaphysical or the intellect that
realm (mind) and constitutes their
physical word (body). soul.
True self of human
being is the reason of
the intellect that
constitutes their soul
and that is separable
from their body.

True self is our soul He said that our soul Our body does not
2. SOCRATES (psyche) not to be is part of our self. include In the self.
identified with what we
own, with our social
status, our reputation
or even our body.
Constructed in terms of Insisted that the He said that the soul
3. ARISTOTLE hylomorphism in which human being is a cannot be separated
the soul of a human composite of body from the body.
being is the form or the and soul
structure of the human
body or the human
matter.

There is a divine He believed that the The mind is separate

4. RENE intrinsic to mind is the seat of from empirically
DESCARTES consciousness, such our consciousness, it studied, physical
that one cannot ever gives us our identity attributes of the
bridge the space and our sense body.
between one’s own of self.
consciousness and
that one another.
“Mind-Body” dualism