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    1. The document discusses the concept of an embodied spirit and how the human person is both a body and a soul united as one. 2. It explores perspectives from philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Descartes on the relationship between body and soul. 3. The limitations of the human person as an embodied spirit are discussed, such as finitude, spatial-temporal constraints, and how the body serves as an intermediary. However, there are also possibilities for transcending these limitations through developing one's mind, spirit, and capacity for growth.

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    1. The document discusses the concept of an embodied spirit and how the human person is both a body and a soul united as one. 2. It explores perspectives from philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Descartes on the relationship between body and soul. 3. The limitations of the human person as an embodied spirit are discussed, such as finitude, spatial-temporal constraints, and how the body serves as an intermediary. However, there are also possibilities for transcending these limitations through developing one's mind, spirit, and capacity for growth.

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    1. The document discusses the concept of an embodied spirit and how the human person is both a body and a soul united as one. 2. It explores perspectives from philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Descartes on the relationship between body and soul. 3. The limitations of the human person as an embodied spirit are discussed, such as finitude, spatial-temporal constraints, and how the body serves as an intermediary. However, there are also possibilities for transcending these limitations through developing one's mind, spirit, and capacity for growth.

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    1. The document discusses the concept of an embodied spirit and how the human person is both a body and a soul united as one. 2. It explores perspectives from philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Descartes on the relationship between body and soul. 3. The limitations of the human person as an embodied spirit are discussed, such as finitude, spatial-temporal constraints, and how the body serves as an intermediary. However, there are also possibilities for transcending these limitations through developing one's mind, spirit, and capacity for growth.

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    THE HUMAN

    PERSON AS AN
    EMBODIED
    SPIRIT
    Jlovaeda Santos, Roshe Viray, Jhelynne Gregorio,
    Kliff Uy, Luis Abarrondo
    WHAT IS AN
    EMBODIED
    1 SPIRIT?
    The unexamined life is not

    “
    worth living 3

    - Socrates
    WHAT IS AN ◎ The unity of the body and spirit is essential to a
    EMBODIED
    SPIRIT? human person

    ◎ The body and spirit cannot be separated for a


    4
    person to exist.

    ◎ Because of this embodied-ness, the two cannot


    be separated.
    PLATO ◎ Body and soul are
    separable.
    ◎ We are just a human
    soul using /imprisoned
    5
    in a body.
    ◎ Soul is the essence of
    the man.
    PLATO ◎ Three parts of the soul
    ◎ Appetitive (Instinct and Physical Needs)
    ◎ Spiritual (Emotions)
    ◎ Rational (Intellect and Will) 6

    ◎ In death is man freed from his imprisonment.


    ARISTOTLE ◎ Body and soul constitute the
    human person as a whole.
    ◎ The soul as the principle or
    cause of life.
    7
    ◎ Man is a single substance.
    ◎ The body is the material aspect
    (Matter) while the soul is the
    formal aspect (Form)
    ARISTOTLE ◎ Anything that has life has a soul
    ◎ Vegetative (Plants)
    ◎ Sensitive (Animals)
    ◎ Rational (Humans) 8

    ◎ “Man is rational animal.”


    THOMAS ◎ Unity of Body and Soul
    AQUINAS
    ◎ Soul of a man is different from
    the soul of an animal.
    ◎ While the soul can exist without
    9
    matter, it doesn’t work without
    the body.
    RENE ◎ Unity of Body and Soul
    DESCARTES
    ◎ Man is not the body, but the
    soul.
    ◎ Man is a thinking being. 10

    ◎ Cogito Ergo Sum


    ◎ “I think, therefore I am”
    LIMITATIONS ◎ We are not omnipotent and omniscient beings,
    AND
    POSSIBILITIE thus we have our limitations.
    S
    ◎ In order to grow as human beings, we need to
    be aware of our capabilities and boundaries. 11
    Evaluate one’s limitations 12

    and the possibilities for


    their transcendence
    LIMITATIONS • Facticity
    OF THE
    • Spatial-temporal being
    HUMAN
    PERSON AS • The body as intermediary
    AN
    EMBODIED 13

    SPIRIT
    FACTICITY ◎ refers to the things in our life that are already
    given
    ◎ refers to all the details that surround us in the
    present: our environment, our language, our
    past decisions, our past and present 14

    relationships and even our future death.


    SPATIAL- ◎ as temporal beings, our most obvious limitation
    TEMPORAL
    is our finitude – our finite quality or state.
    BEING
    ◎ As special beings, we are limited by our bodies
    to be present in two or more places at the same
    time. 15

    ◎ We are limited by space (spatial) and time


    (temporal)
    SPATIAL- ◎ Our spatial-temporal situation sets our
    TEMPORAL
    preconditions of understanding.
    BEING
    ◎ The body as intermediary
    ◎ Intermediary means acting as a mediator
    (Merriam webster) 16

    ◎ Our body serves as an intermediary between us


    and the physical world.
    ◎ Our body limits our experience of the world to
    our world
    TRANSCENDEN ◎ Is the ability to change, be dynamic, and
    CE
    continually redefining one’s self which works
    with our facility to create change.

    17
    YOU CAN White Black
    ALSO SPLIT
    YOUR Is the color of milk and Is the color of ebony and
    CONTENT fresh snow, the color of outer space. It has been
    produced by the the symbolic color of
    combination of all the elegance, solemnity and 18

    colors of the visible authority.


    spectrum.
    Recognize how the human
    body imposes limits and 19

    possibilities for
    transcendence
    ● It refers to the very highest and
    most inclusive or holistic levels
    of human consciousness,
    behaving and relating, as ends
    rather than means, to oneself, to
    WHAT IS
    TRANSCENDEN significant others, to human
    20
    CE beings in general, to other
    species, to nature, and to the
    cosmos”
    ● It is the state of being or
    existence that is above and
    beyond physical needs and
    realities.
    2. The concept 3. The
    1. The concept of
    of being concept of
    dread others related concern
    8 Concepts on How
    Human Body
    Imposes Limits and Man is simply He has to Human person’s
    Possibilities for thrown into the establish relatedness to
    Transcendence 21
    world and is left relationship with entities is
    alone to face what others in the basically things
    he can do world which he
    because he did encounters in the
    not will for it world. He is
    always “together”
    with others
    6. The
    4. The concept of 5. The concept
    concept of
    guilt-feeling of conscience
    8 Concepts on How resoluteness
    Human Body
    Imposes Limits and In Philosophy, Conscience Resoluteness is
    Possibilities for guilt-feeling is plays a primary a man’s
    Transcendence 22
    something that is role in recovering readiness to be
    lacking or missing from being “lost called by
    in a person. As or fallen” in the conscience.
    such, a human world.
    person is a guilty
    creature.
    7. The concept of 8. The concept
    temporality of death
    8 Concepts on How
    Human Body
    Imposes Limits and Temporality The human
    Possibilities for imposes limits to person’s
    Transcendence 23
    one’s human temporal
    body. existence will
    find its end on
    death
    .
    ● Challenges are learning opportunities
    ● Your goal is more important than your fears
    Things to
    ● Think outside the box
    remember
    when going ● Recognize that everyone has fears
    24
    beyond
    one’s limits:
    Distinguish the
    limitations and 25

    possibilities for
    transcendence
    .
    Limitations of Transcendence:
    Distinguish
    ● May not occur to everyone
    The ● Does not come at a specified period
    Limitations ● Varies across all people
    And ● May coincide with physical limitations of the body
    26
    Possibilities
    Of Possibilities for Transcendence:
    Transcendence ● Developing a positive outlook in life
    ● Working towards reaching a goal
    ● Learning from experience
    ● Our mind is an important tool that allows us to go beyond
    many of our physical limits.
    ● We can transcend these physical limitations because of our
    Distinguish
    spiritual dimension.
    The ● As a human person, we have natural tendencies or
    Limitations inclinations.
    And ● The person can govern these tendencies and ensure that 27
    Possibilities they are exercised withing the bounds of reason.
    Of ● Through exerting enough effort and perseverance, one can
    have the possibility of transcending his limits.
    Transcendence
    ● Opening yourself to new experiences and ideas is another
    aspect of transcendence.
    ● Our capacity for transcendence gives us the opportunity to
    work toward becoming better versions of ourselves.

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