[Music] hi guys welcome to another video for understanding the self our topic for today is about the south in western and eastern thoughts okay so at the end of the video you should be able to differentiate the concept of the self according to western thought against the eastern or oriental perspectives you should also be able to explain the concept of self as found in asian thoughts and also you should also be able to create a representation of the filipino cell okay so we have already discussed previous videos in different philosophies okay and you also have a different understanding of the self um psychologically speaking so today it compares philosophy is actually defined as the study of wisdom or knowledge about the general problems facts and situations connected with human ex existence values reasons in general reality okay philosophy actually came from the greek words filo meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom and sofia it is love for wisdom okay um eastern philosophy um it would actually refer not to philosophies pertaining to asia but for west western philosophy naman um it would include now um the philosophies from europe and northern america okay so unfocused is actually about or more on the eastern philosophy eastern philosophies since the discussion um previously you might have different philosophies since i think first lecture video okay so when you talk about eastern philosophies this would actually evolve around three philosophies okay so first we have um founded by confucius okay so it's actually um a code or it could be seen as a code of ethical content and it is focused on having a harmonious social life okay for you to have a harmonious social life you should be able to um share okay your identity with the status of your community or your society okay ultimate purpose though of life according to confucianism is self-cultivation okay so um self-cultivation characteristics okay of chunzu okay so or you should be a you should be a man of virtue or noble character okay in your social relationships cultivated self okay in confucianism um it is actually also known as a subdued self so impersonal needs more or repressed or subdued for the good of many okay it is living in the way of the tao for the universe okay so taoism actually rejects having one definition of what the tao is okay so actually or actually should be free-flowing relative unitary and it can also be viewed as a paradoxical view of almost everything okay so now wisdom rejects the hierarchy and strictness brought by confucianism unbalanced life with society in nature okay so simple lifestyle so the self is not just an extension of the family or the community it is part of the universe okay so we simply believe that the ideal self is selfless but again consider my unbalanced life and society in nature you are open to change prejudices and egocentric ideas about um equality okay so you are not only thinking of yourself but also your society okay so next we have what they say so for the same um version okay um yourself thou is in is an illusion born out of ignorance okay so it will now um uh source of all suffering okay so this yourself though is actually um foreign you should also be um you should forget the cravings of the self and break the attachments you have with the world enter announce and usually it occurs when you have happiness on the spiritual things or on the oriental or on the chinese philosophies okay so now let's go to the western philosophies um lecture one okay about the philosophical perspectives of this health okay so the western philosophy philosophies actually do not include the role of environment and society okay dimensional society philosophy and focus now is always looking toward the cell it is individualistic okay also you look at the world in dualities one you are distinct from the other person and two and there's a creator that is separate from the object he created okay so for the western philosophies is there is a divine god okay from the first one from us so emphasis now western philosophy is more on the value of equality and it promotes promotes ideas of fair competition okay um young western philosophy also um highlights usually they highlight personal achievements okay western and eastern philosophy okay so for western philosophy again it is individualistic is individualism okay so it actually came from the school of thought from greek philosophy so on roots rome and and from christianity specifically you have the judeo-christianity okay so we can say that western philosophy is more of latin okay while for the eastern philosophy i'm promoting this and it is based mainly in asia more specifically the chinese philosophy okay so it takes its roots from confucianism and always so generally eastern philosophy is like classical chinese philosophies okay now the main principle for the western philosophy [Music] of service to others okay to the point now you know service not a new life method is um focus on service to god service of community and so on okay this is because of the christian influence may not also there is a beginning and to find meaning well for the eastern philosophy its main principle is unity okay unity or there is actually the main point in the journey of our life eternal realities okay so um western philosophy is more on uh ethics while for your eastern philosophy and some more on the virtues okay so you personally have nothing ethics it is deciding what is right and wrong okay but for your ethics i am sorry while on your virtues um repeated values that we have okay so nothing in under your virtuosity they also um and a selfless approach to life okay so satisfaction with one man to achieve beyond southeastern philosophy okay so um it is actually also good to say or good to point that for the western philosophy you self at its role with the society okay um so i think you know cultures i think perspective okay um they work for themselves okay so you want priorities for them to buy what they want okay for them to get what they need okay philosophy since collectivists do unto others what you have or what you want others to do unto you uh eastern philosophy or collectivism okay so [Music] not for himself but for the good of the kingdom higher good of others okay so [Music] characteristics of our union differences now western philosophy and eastern philosophy okay so or your participation with your social group okay so i hope um i think basic explanation about the western and eastern philosophy so this is just a short um discussion representation of the filipino self okay um was actually uh colonized before westerns from all westerners and also it was eastern invaders is so are we still more of the eastern collectivist in battalio now we think of what we are going when um we think of our contribution to the society besides ourselves okay or are we more geared to the western thinking is the development of ourselves our focus is on ourselves okay so that's one good thing to reflect on nah since you adding um experience with the past is um influenced by western and eastern soyuma pilipinas it's good to say that we're in the middle okay of the self according to the influence of these different philosophies okay so i hope you learned something from this video so if you're my student kindly send them send your questions at the group chat but if you're not my student again thank you for watching this video and if you have questions feel free to comment them down below and i'll reach out to you as soon as possible okay so i'll see you i hope to see you in the next video bye [Music]