Philo Class 4
Philo Class 4
Philo Class 4
MAN
HUMAN
HUMAN BEING
PERSON
PERSONHOOD
HUMAN NATURE
refers to the characteristics
that distinguish human from
all
other creatures.
CHARACTER
TRAITS OF A
HUMAN PERSON
SELF-AWARENESS
• I am a person.
• I am alive.
• I exist.
• I am here. I am present.
• I am living at this very
moment.
SELF-DETERMINATION
is the capability of persons to
make choices and decisions
based on their
preferences, monitor, and
regulate their actions, and be
goal-oriented and
self-directed.
SELF-DETERMINATION
• I am a person.
• My actions are my very
own and are made freely.
• I know that I am the cause
of my actions.
• I know that my actions
have consequences.
EXTERNALITY
COMPLETE ME
Directions: Complete the graphic organizer below by writing in the
boxes examples that show the following traits of the human person.
Copy this and write your responses in your paper.
GUIDE QUESTIONS
1. How did you find the activity? Was it easy to
answer? If yes, why? If no, why not?
2. Based on your responses in the graphic organizer,
do you find it important to know and understand the
traits of the human person? If yes, why? If no, why
not?
LESSON 2:
Relationship Between the
Body and the Spirit
“What is in our
human nature
that enables us to
become
persons?”
SPIRIT
refers to an intangible element
of a human person enables one
to exercise thoughts, possess
awareness, interiority, and the
capacity to reach out to the
outside world and other
persons.
“How are the
body and spirit
related?”
EMBODIMENT
The human body stands as the mediator between the
material world and the spiritual world. Being an
embodied spirit, the person is able to encounter the
world of objects (and other personal subjects) in a
manner that transcends the physical. This feature allows
him to form intimidate relationship with those outside
him.
LESSON 3:
HUMAN PERSON AS AN
EMBODIED SPIRIT
“HUMAN
PERSON AS
AN
EMBODIED
SPIRIT”
EMBODIMENT
Enables us to do and experience all the things that
make us human.
Science: Love is a result of Philosophy: Human persons do not
various biological reactions feel love just with the heart nor the
associated with an increase brain. We love another person with
our entire being.
hormones, which may have Embodiment is the one thing that
effects on the body. enables us to feel love and love
others.
“How does my
human nature
enable me to
explore my
limits?”
LIMITATIONS OF THE
HUMAN PERSONS AS
EMBODIED SPIRIT