Socrates Is More Concerned With The Problem of The Self and His

In your own words, state what “self” is for each of the following philosophers.
After doing
so, explain how your concept of “self” is compatible with how they conceived the “self”.
1.Socrates i s m o r e c o n ce r n e d w i t h t h e p ro b l e m o f t h e s e l f a n d h i s
mission as a philosopher is to know one self. During Socrates trial for allegedly
corrupting the minds of the youth and for impiety, he succeeds to made people think
about who they are. For Socrates, every man is composed of body and soul, which
means every human is dualistic. This means all individuals have an imperfect and
impermanent aspect of him in the body, while maintaining that there is also a soul that
is perfect and permanent.
My concept about self is compatible with Socrates concept of the self by thinking
that our body will not last, not permanent. I believe that if we die, our body will
decompose but our soul is permanent it will stay with our transcendent God after
death.
2. Plato supported the idea that man is dual in nature of body and soul. Plato
emphasizes justice that human person can only be attained if the three parts of the
soul are working harmoniously with one another. Plato thinks there are three
components of the soul, the rational soul forged by reason and intellect has to
govern the affairs of the human person, the spirited part which is in-charge of
emotions should be kept at bay, and the appetitive soul is in-charge of base
desires like eating, drinking, sleeping, and having sex are controlled as well. When this
ideal state is attained, then the human person’s soul becomes just and virtuous.
My concept about self is compatible with Plato concept of the self by thinking that we
are dual in nature of body and soul. Our body needs to survive in this world by eating
and drinking. While our soul has to survive by doing good deeds and do whatever our
heavenly father wants for us.
3. Augustine, a famous Christian, interpreted Religion through Greek philosophy so

that heaven was the Eternal Realm and even Rome herself could not truly be the
City of God, because it was temporal. Some see a direct line between Augustine
and Plato — the idea of Self as an eternal soul, traveling through history inside a
temporary body of temptations.
4. Descartes, another Christian, gave us the method of Doubt. For Descartes, to

find Certainty, we must Doubt everything. Doubt that heaven exists. Doubt that God
exists. Doubt that the Cosmos exists (i.e. it’s only a dream). Yet no matter how hard
we try, we can never Doubt one fact: “I think therefore I am.” This is because
Doubting is a form of thinking. So, for Descartes, the “Self” is Transcendental and
Absolute Certainty. This was his unique version of the eternal soul.
5. Hume, a non-Christian, gave us the method of Skepticism. For Hume, we can
only be certain of our sense impressions — but these are weak and puny
compared to the gargantuan, infinite Cosmos. In fact, the human mind is too puny
to ever know the Truth, he argued. So, we are justified in always being Skeptical
about any claims of Truth. For Hume, Reason is merely the “Slave of the
Passions,” like a mapmaker telling the Passions the best route to satisfaction and
safety. Even the Self, for Hume, was a mere “bundle of sensations,” for which we
seek any pattern, and call it, “Self.”
6. Kant, had noted that “I think must be able to accompany all my representations, for
otherwise something would be represented in me that could not be thought at all, which
is as much to say that the representation would either be impossible or at least would
be nothing for me”. Same I think can accompany different representations, for only such
an identical, I think can accompany them can I become aware of them as mine. The
possibility of becoming aware of the different representations as mine condition of
judgement. This implies, further, that the possibility of self-consciousness conditions my
capacity to be aware of my representations as belonging to me.

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In your own words, state what “self” is for each of the following philosophers.

3. Augustine, a famous Christian, interpreted Religion through Greek philosophy so

4. Descartes, another Christian, gave us the method of Doubt. For Descartes, to

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