Philosophically Persuasive Argument Essay
Maybe the wise Plato himself one asked the same questions we ask ourselves every day. Who am I, and who will I become? Am I the same self I was five years ago? What about ten years? Many philosophers have questioned, “Is it possible that I am the same person throughout my life, even though there are changes in my body? Is there a way to know that who we are today isn’t different than who we were last week?” These types of questions may seem shallow on first glance, but looking deeper, it is the basis of self-perception and what many of us build our own thoughts of self on.
David Hume claims this is called the psychological mind or the memory. He says it is the mind that creates our personal identity, not our body as that consistently changes,. He noted that our bodies are always in flux, changing from second to second, day to day, and year to year, but our minds are evolving in a way that holds on to what we learned …show more content…
It is the body that is unique. Again, our bodies are a natural continuation of our old body. Yet our soul remains the same. Before writing this paper, I asked friends and family if they thought they were the same person they were ten years ago and it was an awakening to find that most of the responses were that they are not the same person because life events have changed them. The other portion of answers I got looked within and agreed with that the soul has stayed unchanged; just like the ship that sailed into the harbor and was remodeled, but the same soul has always remained inside.
I know that I am the same person as I was ten years ago because I was born into this body and have gone through many changes and various events that have affected how I see things and my actions from that point on, but the same me exists inside this body and my ‘self’ will stay with this body even after its passing. I am and will forever always be the same me, but I will continue to
Maybe the wise Plato himself one asked the same questions we ask ourselves every day. Who am I, and who will I become? Am I the same self I was five years ago? What about ten years? Many philosophers have questioned, “Is it possible that I am the same person throughout my life, even though there are changes in my body? Is there a way to know that who we are today isn’t different than who we were last week?” These types of questions may seem shallow on first glance, but looking deeper, it is the basis of self-perception and what many of us build our own thoughts of self on.
David Hume claims this is called the psychological mind or the memory. He says it is the mind that creates our personal identity, not our body as that consistently changes,. He noted that our bodies are always in flux, changing from second to second, day to day, and year to year, but our minds are evolving in a way that holds on to what we learned …show more content…
It is the body that is unique. Again, our bodies are a natural continuation of our old body. Yet our soul remains the same. Before writing this paper, I asked friends and family if they thought they were the same person they were ten years ago and it was an awakening to find that most of the responses were that they are not the same person because life events have changed them. The other portion of answers I got looked within and agreed with that the soul has stayed unchanged; just like the ship that sailed into the harbor and was remodeled, but the same soul has always remained inside.
I know that I am the same person as I was ten years ago because I was born into this body and have gone through many changes and various events that have affected how I see things and my actions from that point on, but the same me exists inside this body and my ‘self’ will stay with this body even after its passing. I am and will forever always be the same me, but I will continue to