The consciousness of each person is of great interest to the individual characteristics of the perception of life and mental reactions to the current reality. For thousands of years, the best philosophers in the world have given different assessments of human consciousness.
Aristotle
Aristotle (384-322 BC) - the ancient Greek philosopher, student of Plato and mentor of Alexander the Great, believes that human consciousness exists separately from matter. In this case, the human soul is the bearer of consciousness. The work of the soul, i.e. consciousness, according to Aristotle, is divided into 3 spheres of activity: plant, animal and rational. The vegetable sphere of consciousness takes care of nutrition, growth and reproduction, the animal consciousness is responsible for desires and sensations, and an intelligent soul has the ability to think and reflect. It is only thanks to the intelligent part of human consciousness that an individual differs from animals.
Bonaventure Giovanni
Bonaventura Giovanni (1221-1274) - author of philosophical and religious writings of the Middle Ages. In his treatise The Guide of the Soul to God, Giovanni says that the human soul has a permanent light in it, in which unshakable truths are preserved. The mind bases its understanding of everything in existence only on the basis of existing knowledge. The image of God is in the soul and consciousness of a person as much as he is capable of perceiving the divine in his life. Human consciousness judges itself, and the laws on the basis of which judgments are made are initially imprinted in the soul. Most of all, a person's consciousness and soul are driven by the desire to achieve bliss.
Pico della Mirandola
Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) was an educated aristocrat and philosopher of the Renaissance. In his writings, he notes that human knowledge, which is called rational, in fact, is quite imperfect, because it is unstable and tends to change periodically.
Diderot Denis
Diderot Denis (1713-1784) - French materialist philosopher and atheist. In his works “About man. The unity of body and soul”Denis notes that when a person feels healthy, he does not pay attention to any part of the body. Human life, according to the philosopher, can continue without a brain; all organs can work on their own and act in isolation. However, the person himself lives and exists only in one point of the brain - where his thought is present. At the same time, human consciousness represents such a complex, mobile and feeling being, whose thoughts and feelings cannot be explained without a body.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-! 860) - German thinker and founder of irrationalism. The philosopher calls human consciousness one of the most mysterious phenomena of human knowledge. At the heart of a person, according to Schopenhauer, is a will that dominates the intellect. Consciousness is closely connected with the world and nature, unable to separate from the totality of things and resist them. It cannot comprehend the world by itself and be objective. Knowledge of death and human suffering gives the intellect an impetus to metaphysical reflections and a certain understanding of the world. However, as Schopenhauer notes, not all people have a strong consciousness, and the metaphysical need of the soul can be quite undemanding. By metaphysics, the thinker understands any supposed knowledge that goes beyond the limits of possible experience.
