Philosophical Perspective of the Self

According to him, "an unexamined life is not worth living."

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

In his Theory of Forms, he introduces the concept of the two worlds: the world of forms and the world of sense.

• Socrates

• Augustine

• Plato

He is regarded as the Father of Modern Philosophy.

• Gilbert Ryle

• John Locke

• Rene Descartes

He postulates that the human mind at birth is a blank slate.

• Augustine

• Rene Descartes

• John Locke

According to him, "the self is the way people behave."

• Gilbert Ryle

• Sigmund Freud

• John Locke

According to him, "the self is multilayered."

• Sigmund Freud

• Gilbert Ryle

• John Locke

He believes that the self is an organizing principle that makes a unified and intelligible experience possible.

• Gilbert Ryle

• Immanuel Kant

• David Hume

The conscious self is governed by the _____.

• pleasure principle

• reality principle

• physical pleasure

He believes that the self has an immortal soul.

• St. Augustine

• Rene Descartes

• John Locke

He believes that the self is consciousness.

• David Hume

• Immanuel Kant

• John Locke