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    The document contrasts the Western and Eastern perspectives on the concept of self. In the Western view, the self is seen as distinct from creation and defined by cognition and individuality. Philosophers like Plato, Locke and Descartes saw the soul or memory as constituting an enduring self. In the Eastern view, the self is considered an illusion and everything is ephemeral. Buddhism rejects the idea of an enduring self, and views the aggregates of form, feeling, perception, mental formations and consciousness as comprising the concept of self.

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    The document contrasts the Western and Eastern perspectives on the concept of self. In the Western view, the self is seen as distinct from creation and defined by cognition and individuality. Philosophers like Plato, Locke and Descartes saw the soul or memory as constituting an enduring self. In the Eastern view, the self is considered an illusion and everything is ephemeral. Buddhism rejects the idea of an enduring self, and views the aggregates of form, feeling, perception, mental formations and consciousness as comprising the concept of self.

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    The document contrasts the Western and Eastern perspectives on the concept of self. In the Western view, the self is seen as distinct from creation and defined by cognition and individuality. Philosophers like Plato, Locke and Descartes saw the soul or memory as constituting an enduring self. In the Eastern view, the self is considered an illusion and everything is ephemeral. Buddhism rejects the idea of an enduring self, and views the aggregates of form, feeling, perception, mental formations and consciousness as comprising the concept of self.

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    WESTERN AND EASTERN PERSPECTIVE

    OF UNDERSTANDING SELF
    WHAT IS SELF?
    The term ‘self’ refers to an individual
    human being, along with their body,
    mind, and in some cases, the concept of
    a ‘soul’.
    WESTERN PERSPECTIVE

    In West, it’s a conception of the self where


    there is a clear distinction between creator
    and created, and Man and the self is
    viewed as an artifact of creation.
    WESTERN PERSPECTIVE
    • Religious tradition isnot dominant.
    • The only difference about human is their cognition and
    awareness.
    • Looking to the ancient Greek and it's political system
    based on a kind of democracy (although slaves,
    woman, and majority of low level citizens are not
    allowed to vote) shows the concept of individuality.
    • The well being and joyful life of the individuals are
    that main priority of western societies.
    WESTERN PERSPECTIVE
    According to western belief, a soul is “immaterial
    or spiritual”, it is not subject to change like
    material objects.

    PHILOSOPHERS

    • Platowas one of the first philosophers to state


    that the soul is eternal, so it is the soul of a
    man that makes him an enduring self.
    WESTERN PERSPECTIVE
    • Lockehad a similar view, though his idea was
    the ‘enduring self’ is a person’s memory.
    • Descartes basically believed that, if he could not
    think, then he could not exist, and thus
    ‘thinking’ in and of itself was what constituted
    an enduring self.
    EASTERN PERSPECTIVE
    • Accepting the concept of superior being
    (Allah,Nibbana, Ha Shem, Lord and etc.) is a
    necessity for being religious.
    • Everysingle aspect of follower's life will be
    defined by the concept of obedience,
    submission, and dedication.
    • Denial
    of personal SELF and becoming a GOD
    ORIENTED SELF.
    EASTERN PERSPECTIVE

    In Eastern philosophy, the self is often treated


    as an illusion. That is, the idea that people are
    separate entities from each other and the world
    is not considered a reality in Eastern thought.
    EASTERN PERSPECTIVE
    • Philosopher David Hume and the founder of
    Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, both rejected
    the idea of an ‘enduring self’
    • Buddhist philosophy believes that everything
    in life is ephemeral, or that nothing lasts
    forever.
    • David Hume had a somewhat similar idea, in
    the sense that he too believed there is ‘no self’,
    and that what we think of as a ‘self’ is just an
    illusion.
    EASTERN PERSPECTIVE
    • Gautama Theory in the concept of self is
    contained on his discourse self.
    • Fourth noble truth it comprise the essence of
    Buddha's teachings, though they leave much left
    unexplained. They are the truth of suffering,
    the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of
    the end of suffering, and the truth of the path
    that leads to the end of suffering.
    EASTERN PERSPECTIVE
    GAUTAMA 5 AGGREGATES TO CONSIDER THE
    CONCEPT OF SELF:
    1. FORM
    2. FEELING
    3. PERCEPTION
    4. MENTAL FORMATIONS
    5. CONSCIOUSNESS

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