The part of the person that is driven by desire and need to satisfy oneself. This satisfaction both involves physical needs and pleasures and desires. As long as the person find an object or situation good or

satisfying

The last part of the soul could be said is the driver of our lives, this is the part that thinks and plan for the future “the conscious mind” it decides what to do, when

to do it and the possible results one could have depending on their actions.

A Saint and a Philosopher of the church, follows the idea that God encompasses us all, that everything will be better if we are with God. His work’s focal point is on how God and his teachings affects various aspects in life, he follows the belief that everything is better if we devote ourselves in mending our relationship with God.

He rejected the doubtfulness of the academy in which one cannot or should not accept ideas from others. He emphasized that we may not be able to give our agreement to everything other people tell us but we can still agree to those who we, from our own perception, think is right or wrong based from our perception.

A French Philosopher known to be the father of modern

philosophy because of his radical use of systematic and early scientific method to aid his ideas and assumptions.

known for the statement “Cogito Ergo Sum” which means in English

as “I think therefore I am

an English Philosopher, Physician, He is considered to be the father of Classical liberalism some of his works on this subject matter paved the way to several revolutions to fight the absolute powers of monarchs and rulers of his time that led to the development of governance, politics and economic system that we now know.

The Scottish Philosopher David Hume, focused his work in the field of Empiricism, Skepticism, and naturalism. Being an Empiricist which believes in concrete evidences and observable experiences that meld a person, his notion on the self contradicts to the ideas of the philosophers before him which said that at the notion of self, one’s identity and behaviour does not exceed the physical realm and that the “Self” is only the accumulation of different impressions.

His work on the self is most represented by the concept “Tabula Rasa” which means a Blank Slate

According to him, there is no permanent “self”, that since our impressions of things based from our experiences and from such impressions we can create our ideas

and knowledge which leads to the argument that since our impression and ideas

change

A German Philosopher that is known for his works on Empiricism and Rationalism. Kant responded to Hume’s work by trying to establish that the collection of impressions and different contents is what it only takes to define a person.

An Austrian Psychologist and Physician, he is also known as the father of psychoanalysis and is known for his work on human nature and the

unconscious

also known as the child aspect of a person, The ID’s attention is on satisfaction of one’s needs and self-gratification. It is driven by the pleasure principle

The conscience of the one’s personality, Superego has the

inclination to uphold justice and do what is morally right and socially acceptable actions. Involved in the notion of right or wrong that is imparted to us by

our parents or people that tool care for us during childhood.

Sometimes known as the Police or the mediator between id and superego. It operates within the boundaries of reality, primary function is to maintain the

impulses of the ID to an acceptable degree.

Behavioristic approach to self, said that self is the behaviour presented by the person, his notion of dualism is that the behaviour that we show, emotions and actions are the reflection of our mind and as such is the manifestation of who we are.

Does not believe that the mind and body,

His explanation of self is further exemplified in his “ghost in the machine” view. This view said the man is a complex machine with different functioning parts, and the

intelligence, and other characteristics or behaviour of man is represented by the ghost

in the said machine.

Canadian philosopher whose focus is on the idea that people should improve our association and use of words in identifying the self. He has this idea that the “self” is defined by the movements of our brain.

He built the idea of “eliminative materialism”.

French philosopher that is known for his works on existentialism and phenomenology. His idea of the self, regarded that the body and mind are not separate entities, but rather those two components is one and the same.