“The mind is an iceberg. It floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.”

“Know thyself.”

Everyone started as a blank state, and the content is provided by one’s experiences over time (tabula rasa).

There is an inner self (One’s psychological state and intellect) and outer self (one’s senses and the physical world.

A neuroscientist who states that it is the physical brain and not the imaginary mind comprises the self.

The more a person knows, the greater his or her ability to reason and make choices that will bring tru happiness.

He advocates that the mind has 2 fundamental capacities: receptivity and spontaneity.

He distinguished the body into 2 types: subjective body and objective body.

He considered self to be founded in consciousness or memory and not on substance of either soul and body.

“There is no self.”

The self is multilayered comprising of the id, ego, and superego

The soul has three parts: rational soul, spiritual soul, and appetitive soul.

Every human person is dualistic. He is composed of the imperfect, impermanent body and the perfect, permanent soul.

“An unexamined life is not worth living.”

Self is composed of matter and form. Matter is in continuous process of developing and becoming.

The responsibility of the Reason is to restore harmony amongst the three.

The goal of the human self is reached in happiness through moderation of things.

The self is a bundle or collection of impressions and ideas.

We experience our self as a unity, in which the mental and physical state are seamlessly woven together.