Is *the Self* the central reference point of all human knowledge bec without it all knowledge has no purpose?

Question

This is a Q in the philosophy of reality (aka metaphysics & epistemology)TWH 08222006

Answer 1

everything revolves around the self....thus the connotation it being the focal point of all human knowledge. life, love, pain, suffering, etc... all of these are interacting within one's self. knowing thyself therefore is the basic knowledge, the why's, who's, what's, how's.... they all sprout out from within. knowledge thereby grows from within - the initial reaction, the initial impression, the initial emotions... without thyself as the focal point, no reasoning can be attained.

hope this would be enough.... ciao...

Answer 2

The " Self " is God, the "Self" is the ground of reality, the "Self" is the root of your conscience mind .... soon physics and ' string theory' will understand that the harmonic vibrations in the 'strings' are made up of something smaller and larger at the same time not particles or strings but mind ... pure thought. Beyond our brains .. the pure thought that our brains emulate. No religion intended ... just fact as we understand it now.

The self that one of your very intelligent answerer's mentioned is what most people focus on. Ego which is a natural but limited view of our own life and relationships ... which can bring great misunderstanding. Ego is not the Self it is the self.

Thanks for the question;
Jonnie

Answer 3

"The self" is created out of that knowledge. The knowledge what you have can be subdivided into Perceptions, feelings, reflex, intelligence, thoughts. Take each seperately and analyse. Nothing got an existence by itself. All are interconnected in the functionality of "Mind" then a continuous process of thought, gives a false impression of "self". Those who could come out of the influence of thought also could come out of the "self" centeredness, also become an enlightened being. So to conclude. Self is basically "no self". No self is the true self. True self is "the self".

Answer 4

it depends if you are taking a realist or an idealist point of view. A realist such as Machiavelli would argue that the self is the central reference point due to its nature, or its self interest.
An idealist such as Plato would argue that the self is not the central point because the self of a person is still not the true essence of what a perfected or idealistic self would be.

Answer 5

Is the 'self' not the observer of the 'mind' gaining knowledge as the person goes through life?

Answer 6

For all people, the self is the individual spark of the person that defines how it relates to all experiences and relates to all knowledge and retains all memory, physical, psychological and perceptual.

Answer 7

Yes, because the central reference point of your question is "all human knowledge".

Answer 8

Yes. One cannot measure something without a reference point.

Answer 9

no, not at all, the self is just one part of human mind, there is also the ego, the super-ego, and the super-self, and we are still talking only about the human mind, he haven´t gone out of it yet, so I would say there is more than that to human knowledge

Answer 10

Yeah sounds good, just use that.