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How can we achieve this? According to Plato
by constant rememberingthrough contemplation and doing good he can gain perfection.
He is considered the Father of Modern Philosophy
Rene Descartes
holds that personal identity (the self) is a matter of psychological continuity.
John Locke
He states that the self is a thinking entity distinct fromthe body. It is independent of each other.
Rene Descartes
For him, personal identity is founded on consciousness (memory) andnoton the substance of either the soul or body.
John Locke
is the concept about oneself that evolves over thecourseof an individual’s life.
Personal Identity
For John Locke personal identity is founded on
consciousness
For Rene Descartes the human person is composed of
\= body +mind
According to him the only thing one can’t doubt is the existence of theself
Rene Descartes
One must use his own mind and thinking abilities to investigate, analyze, experiment, and develop himself.
Rene Descartes
“Cogito, ergo sum”-
I think therefore I am
is skeptical about the existence of the self, specifically, onwhetherthere is a simple, unified self that exists over time.
Hume
everything starts with perception/sensation of impressions.
Immanuel Kant
For David Hume the self is
nothing but a bundle of impressions and ideas”
There is no single impression of the self exists; rather the self, is just thething to which all perceptions of a man is ascribed.
David Hume
asserts that what we call the “self” is really just “a bundle or collection of different perceptions which succeed each other withaninconceivable rapidity.”
David Hume
There is a mind that regulates these impressions.
Immanuel Kant
Time, space etc. are ideas that one cannot find in the world, but it is builtinour minds.
Immanuel Kant
The self is not only a personality but also the seat of knowledge.
Immanuel Kant
In short, we want to believe that there is a unified, coherent self, soul, mind etc. but actually the self is just a combination of all experiences.
David Hume
