Prelim Exam (PHILO 104)
Joanna Dawn Dela Cerna Althea Chiara Garcia John Glenn Lambayon Lambayon Jedda Pascual Pascual 1. The human person is a historical historical being, and this historical nature o his or her being re!eals his or her "ourney towards humanness. A human person as a historical being means that a history is written about him, and that he ma#es this history history.. $imp $imply ly put, the hist history ory that is written about about him ta#es into account all his actions% thus, he himsel ma#es his own history. history. Gi!en the act that this historical nature o a human person ta#es into account all his actions, then it is but natural that this historical nature o the human person re!eals his "ourney towards humanness. This is so because the "ourney o the human person towards humanness is all about all his actions directed to becoming ully human, which are all then ta#en into account account in his history. history. &n other words, because because history ta#es into account all actions, conse'uently, the human person(s actions in pursuit o ull humanness humanness are also ta#en ta#en into account. As a result, i others others will reer to the history o this human person, those people will be able to )nd and disco!er this human person*s "ourney "ourney towards towards humanness. There Thereore, ore, the historical historical nature o a human person(s being ta#es into account all his actions including those that are directed or his ull humanness, thus enabling this same historical nature to re!eal his "ourney towards humanness. +. uman beings beings are are not necessarily necessarily human% in the person(s struggle or humanness, history is ormed. uman beings, when born, does not instantly become human persons. &n order or a human being to become a truly human person, he must struggle and e-ert eort to reach his ull reali/ation as time passes by. Thus, it is possible or a human being to not reach this state li#e when he learns the dierent 0humanisms and yet ails to conorm himsel to any o them by acting inhuman. 2e!ertheless, whether or not a human being wor#s his way to become a human person, history is still being built. This is so since all human beings, either human persons or not, aware or unawar una ware, e, ar are e by !er !ery y nat natur ure, e, hi histo storic rical. al. &n add additi ition, on, as a pe perso rson n str strugg uggles les or humanness, time and ci!ili/ation 3which are essential characteristics o history4 are in!ol!ed. istory is being shaped through turning points. uman beings are the only ones that ha!e the ability to ma#e decisions in !arious situations that allow them to )nd themsel!es, and so !aried opportunities open beore them or their uture. Thereore, Thereor e, e!ery act or wor# a human being does in his way to reach his ull humanness now becomes part o history which all o us share. These decisions are aected by the past. And at the same time, they contribute to the uture. 5. The human person li!es li!es in time. Thus, he or she is the bearer bearer and actor actor o history A man(s time is his lie. &t is the concurrence o his or her actions, ideals, belies, legacies and li!ed presence. There can ne!er be a li!ed time i there is absence o li!ing and the presence o not being. $ince li!ed time is being in the moment and a resp respons onse e to condit condition ions s and situat situation ions s laid laid beor beore e man, man, then then li!in li!ing g in time time is
primarily a lie o growth and history ma#ing. 6an, as the recei!er o the past men(s time, becomes conronted with the tas# o continuing what was gi!en through a lie o growth. Growth that see#s a more humani/ed world and a real one or humanity itsel. 6an is the bearer since or she accepts implicitly without #nowing that it is his or her birthright to ma#e history o the past, reali/ed in the present. 7et, that does not stop there. 6an does not only bear history but also commands history. 6an ele!ates into becoming an actor o history. 6an(s awareness o the tas# at hand allows him to put wor# into his awareness. e acts with the gi!en situations, circumstances and e!en with strie and throes. e li!es in time to become the bearers and the actors o history. $he is present and ali!e to create more rom what was handed by the great heroes and the humble oreathers. 8. Gi!en the humanisms below, determine whether the awareness o historicity is being culti!ated or hindered. 9-plain why. a4 Gree# &deal To our minds, those who embodied the Gree# ideal li!ed a lie with a limited hori/on. The Gree#s concei!ed nature as the guide o human de!elopment, aiming at the completeness o the indi!idual. The human being as a ma#er o history is only secondary to the fact that the human being had to be complete. The Gree# priority was the self , and not what the selves composed, not o the other selves. 6an instead worked or himsel, or the reali/ation o his potencies, not or the rest o his species. b4 :riental umanism The oriental !iew aspired or an indi!idual to li!e, not separately, but as part o the greater reality , which 3as a whole4 greatly strengthens the awareness o our historical nature. owe!er, Hinduism impedes this as its notion reduces us as ;drops o water( o a greater ocean, necessitating our incapacity to innderstanding The ebrew model belie!es that man is constantly challenged in his lie. istoricity, we belie!e, is greatly en"oyed here. :ur li!es are de)ned by our actions and inactions, and so does our istory. ?hen we build oursel!es 3i.e. our responses4, our carpentry e-tends to those that surround. >nbe#nownst or otherwise, our ideal guides our growth= that we shape the world as we shape oursel!es. The challenges then create a or# not "ust in our li!es, but also in history= will it be a turning point or a continuation o the status 'uo@
