PHL244H1 Lecture Notes - Thought Experiment, Amour-Propre
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Each of us has a natural individualistic part of ourselves. But living in society also gives us an artificial self. The natural self: how we are (or were) before we entered into society. The human self isn"t in its true form. Glaucus is supposed to be a reflection of plato"s. If we"re going to see the true nature of the soul, we"re gonna have to strip away all the properties of the soul that it had acquired. Thought experiment: imagine an imaginary human and begin to subtract with your mind, all the qualities about him that could"ve came about. Psychological profile of man in a state of nature: amour de soi (self-love). Doesn"t like to see people suffering. (experiences pity: pity, free will. Ability to resist impulses: perfectibility, man will only have 2 passionsdesire and fear. They arise from appetite : in the moment (has no foresight or memory. Doesn"t look down the road: dull and stupid .
