Lesson 1 GEC 101

He believes that the soul is what governs and defines man.

He argues that all knowledge about the self is based on phenomena of

experience.

French philosopher and the Father of Modern Philosophy

Canadian philosopher that state "All a person has is the brain, and so if the

brain is gone, there is no self".

He believed that "the idea of personal identity is a result of imagination".

He believed that "The soul is the

essence of the self".

Believed that self comes from behavior.

His philosophy can be explained as a process of self-knowledge and

purification of the soul.

Philosopher who holds that the self consists of three layered.

Physical body that can grow.