Philosophical Perspectives of Self

"The real self is the ideal self." This is proposed by

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

“Know thyself” is a famous aphorism by

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

This philosopher believes that self has a form which has an essence that co-exist and are of equal value.

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

There is a part of self that lives on when we die and returns to God according to

• St. Augustine

• St. Thomas Aquinas

• Rene Descartes

It is our soul, the essence of our self that makes us humans based on the philosophy of

• St. Augustine

• St. Thomas Aquinas

• Rene Descartes

The self has an unconscious mind that controls the body according to

• Rene Descartes

• Sigmund Freud

• David Hume

He believed that it is our thinking that defines the existence of self (Cogito ergo sum).

• Rene Descartes

• Sigmund Freud

• David Hume

The self is found on consciousness, not on the soul or body.

• Rene Descartes

• David Hume

• John Locke

The self is just the physical body according to

• Immanuel Kant

• David Hume

• John Locke

The self is just a term we use to refer to our behaviors

• Immanuel Kant

• Gilbert Ryle

• Paul Churchland