The Human Person

as an Embodied Spirit
 Human existence is embodied existence.
 Many things related to our existence as persons are
related to bodies – age, sex, race, relationships, etc.
Consciousness
 isthe state or quality of awareness, or, of being
aware of an external object or something within
oneself.
EMBODIMENT
 refersto the biological and physical presence of our
bodies, which are a necessary precondition for
subjectivity, emotion, language, thought and social
interaction
Limitations of the Human Person
as an Embodied Spirit
1. Facticity
2. Spatial-Temporal Being
3. The Body as Intermediary
1. Facticity
 Refers to the things
in our life that are
already given
1. Facticity
 Refers to the things
in our life that are
already given
1. Facticity
 Refers to the things in our life that are already given
 Refers to all the details that surround us in the
present: our environment, our language, our past
decisions, our past and present relationships, and
even our future death.
2. Spatial-temporal Being
 As temporal beings, our most obvious limitation is our
finitude – our finite quality or state.
2. Spatial-temporal Being
 Asspatial beings, we are limited by our bodies to be
present in two or more places at the same time.
2. Spatial-temporal Being
 We are limited by space (spatial) and time
(temporal).
 Our spatial-temporal situation sets our preconditions
of understanding.
3. The Body as Intermediary
 Intermediary means acting as a mediator (Merriam-
Webster).
3. The Body as Intermediary
 Intermediary means acting as a mediator (Merriam-
Webster).
 Our body serves as an intermediary between us and
the physical world.
3. The Body as Intermediary
 Intermediary means acting as a mediator (Merriam-
Webster).
 Our body serves as an intermediary between us and
the physical world.
 Our body limits our experience of the world to our
world.
3. The Body as Intermediary
 This
imposes limitations concerning communication
and expression.
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Limitations of the Human Person
as an Embodied Spirit
1. Facticity
2. Spatial-Temporal Being
3. The Body as Intermediary
TRANSCENDENCE
 Is
the ability to change, be dynamic, and continually
redefining one’s self which works with our facticity to
create change.
1. Facticity
 At times we use our facticity as an excuse for our
difficulties and failures.
2. Spatial-temporal Being
 We are more concerned with the past and/or future
that is why we never appreciate the present.
2. Spatial-temporal Being
 We cannot be at the place where we want to be at
an instant.
3. The Body as Intermediary
 Having a body may prevent us from disclosing what
we really want to express.
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