Cris Angelo Merida - Application and Assessment

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the opinion of the masses, one's true self, according to Socrates, is not to be identified with
what we own, with our social status, our reputation, or even with our body. Instead, Socrates
famously maintained that our true self is our soul

2.As a matter of fact, in many of his dialogues, Plato contends that the true self of the human
person is the “rational soul”, that is, the reason or the intellect that constitutes the person's soul,
and which is separable from the body. ... In other words, the human person is a dichotomy of
body and soul.

3.humans were made in the image and likeness of God and that our rational minds were the
image of the Holy Trinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.He thought that everything in the
material world has its place in the natural order of things, and acts in accordance with its nature

4.Aquinas begins his theory of self-knowledge from the claim that all our self-knowledge is
dependent on our experience of the world around us. ... So for Aquinas, we don't encounter
ourselves as isolated minds or selves, but rather always as agents interacting with our
environment.

5.Descartes's concept of the self revolves around the idea of mind-body dualism. For
Descartes, a human person is composed of two parts, namely, a material body and a non-
material mind. ... In other words, for Descartes, it is the mind that makes us humans. Thus, for
Descartes, the “mind” is the “real self

6.we know ourselves, we only know these thoughts, feelings, and perspectives. Therefore, we
have no impression of self or of an element of thought. It is said that the idea of the self is
fictional and does not really exist

7.we all have an inner and an outer self which together form our consciousness. The inner self
is comprised of our psychological state and our rational intellect. The outer self includes our
sense and the physical world. When speaking of the inner self, there is apperception.

8.the physical body to be an important part of what makes up the subjective self. ... This work
asserts that self and perception are encompassed in a physical body. The physical body is part
of self. The perceptions of the mind and the actions of the body are interconnected.

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