James 1:5-6

Philippians 4:13

JOHARI’S WINDOW physics and even medicine.

 A Four paned “window” dividing
personal awareness into four
different types
 As represented by its four quadrants:
open, hidden, blind and unknown
Know Not known
to self to self
Known
to OPEN BLIND
others
Not
known HIDDEN UNKNOWN
to
others
OPEN - represents things that both I know
about myself and that you know
- the part that you are abe to discuss freely
with others.
- (Parehas nating alam)
BLIND – represents things that you know
about me, but I am unaware of.
- (ikaw lang may alam)
HIDDEN – represents things that I know about
myself, that you do not know.
- ( Ako lang may alam)
UNKNOWN – represents things that neither I
know about myself, nor you know about me.
- (NO ONE KNOWS)
SELF- DISCLOSURE– one way of enlarging the
open quadrant
- as i share something about myself (i move
information from my hidden quadrant into
the open)
- the process of letting another person know
what you think, feel or what
- revealing private, personal information, that
can not be acquire somewhere else
PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF SELF
Philosophy- employs the inquisitive mind to
discover the ultimate cause, reasons and
principles of everything
- goes beyond scientific investigation, politics,
- “Love of Wisdom” – philosophical
framework for understanding the self.
SOCRATES (KNOW THYSELF)
An Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living
- the self is synonymous with the soul.
- Believes that every human possesses an
immortal soul.
- the first to focus on the full power of reason
on the human self: WHO WE ARE, WHO WE
SHOULD BE, AND WHO WE WILL BECOME.
- suggest that reality has two dichotomous
realms: physical and ideal realms.
Physical Realms Ideal Realms
Changeable Unchanging
Transient Eternal
Imperfect Immortal
• Socrates explains that the essence of
the self --- the soul --- is the immortal
entity.
• The soul strives for wisdom and
perfection, and reason is the soul’s
tool to achieve this exalted state.
• Socrates thus suggest that man must
live an examined life and a life of
porpuse and value.
Few tips to help you “know thyself”
1. Seek out.
2. Learn from your past.
3. Examine your core values
4. Acknowledge and examine your
fears.
5. Be open to change.
PLATO (THE SELF IS AN IMMORTAL SOUL)
The Ideal Self, the Perfect Self
-Philosopher in Classical Greece and the
founder of the Academy in Athens
- elaborates on Socrates’ concept of the soul
- also believes that the self is synonymous
with the soul
- His Philosophy can be explained as a process
of self- knowledge and purification of the
soul.
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Philippians 4:13
Plato introduces the idea of a three-part soul
1. REASON – the divine essence that enables
us to think deeply, make wise choices, and
achieve a true understanding of eternal truths
2. PHYSICAL APETITE – includes our basic
biological needs such as hunger, thirst and
sexual desire.
3. SPIRIT OR PASSION – includes basic
emotions such as love, anger, ambition,
aggresiveness and empathy.
-These three elements are in dynamic
relationship with one another, sometimes in
conflict.
- Plato believes it is the responsibility of
REASON to sort things out and exert control.
- he introduces the concepts of the two
worlds:
The world of Forms The world of Sense
Non- Physical Ideas Reality
Temporary and only
Real and Permanent a replica of the ideal
world
ST AUGUSTINE (THE SELF HAS AN IMMORTAL
SOUL)
- African Philosopher, Augustine is regarded
as a saint in the Catholic Church.
- believes that the physical body is radically
different from and inferior to its inhabitat, the
immortal soul
- belives that the body is united with the soul
- emphasis soul as an important element of
man. The soul is what governs and defines
man
- the “self is known through knowing God”
- I am doubting, therefore I am
THOMAS AQUINAS
- we don’t encounter ourselves as isolated
minds or selves, but rather always as agents
interacting with our environment
- our self-knowledge is dependent on our
experience of the world around us
- experiencing that something exists doesn’t
tell us what it is.
RENE DESCARTES( I THINK, THEREFORE I AM)
- he is the father of modern philosophy
- two dimension of the human self : the self as
a thinking entity and the self as a physical
body
1. The idea of the thinking self (soul) –
as non- material, inmortal, conscious
being, and independent of the
physical law of the universe.
2. The physical body – is a material,
moral, non-thinking entity, fully
governed by the physical laws of
nature.
DAVID HUME(THERE’S NO SELF)
The bundle theory of self, theory of mind
- Scottish Philosopher
- A historian and essayist
- the self or a person as nothing but a bundle
or collection of different perceptions
- if people carefully examine the contents of
their experiences, they will find that there are
only distinct entities:
1. IMPRESSION – basic sensations of
people’s experience such as hate,
love,joy, grief, pain, cold, and heat.
2. IDEAS – distinguished impressions
which are less lively perceptions, of
which we are conscious, when we
reflcet on any of those sensations or
movementss
- “self is our perceptions but we have
no constant impression of the self”
IMMANUEL KANT
- German Philospher
- it is the self that makes experiencing an
intelligible world possible because it it the self
that is actively organizing and synthesizing all
of our thoughts and perceptions.
- The self constructs its own reality, actively
creating a world that is familiar, predictable,
and most significantly, mine.
- Reason is the final authority of morality.
There is inner self and outer self. The inner
self includes rational reasoning and
psychological state. The outer self includes
the body and physical mind.
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Philippians 4:13

JOHN LOCKE(THE SELF IS CONSCIOUSNESS)

- Englishi Philosopher
- human at birth is TABULA RASA or BLANK
STATE
- the self or personal identity is constructed
primarily from sense experiences (hear, smell,
taste, feel)
- consciousness is what makes identity of a
person similar in different situations
- Personal identity is NOT in the brain, but in
comsciousness