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'''Comparative qualification:''' Terms in the comparative lists are affinities or interpretive analogues, not assertions of historical identity. Duplicate or unusual terms appearing in the existing lists have deliberately been retained. | '''Comparative qualification:''' Terms in the comparative lists are affinities or interpretive analogues, not assertions of historical identity. Duplicate or unusual terms appearing in the existing lists have deliberately been retained. | ||
== I. Psychē, | == I. Soul '''(Psychē, ψυχή • al-Nafs, النفس)''' == | ||
=== 1. | === 1. Phenomenal consciousness === | ||
'''Gnōthi seauton • Knowing soul • Maʿrifat al-nafs • Reflexive recognition • Self-awareness • Subjective experience • Self-knowledge • Witnessing self''' | |||
Since contemplation begins from the undeniable presence of experience, phenomenal consciousness is the first datum from which the architecture proceeds. the subjective, first-person "what it is like" experience of being alive, encompassing feelings, sensations, and perceptions like seeing color or feeling pain | Since contemplation begins from the undeniable presence of experience, phenomenal consciousness is the first datum from which the architecture proceeds. the subjective, first-person "what it is like" experience of being alive, encompassing feelings, sensations, and perceptions like seeing color or feeling pain | ||
The starting claim is only that experiencing is occurring for an inquirer; it does not yet prove that all existence is conscious. The Platonic psychē is the historical conceptual ancestor, not an assertion that Plato formulated contemporary phenomenal consciousness. | |||
''Theaetetus 184b–186e; Phaedo 65c–66a'' | |||
=== 2. Gnōthi seauton (γνῶθι σεαυτόν) — maʿrifat al-nafs (معرفة النفس): Reflexive self-awareness === | === 2. Gnōthi seauton (γνῶθι σεαυτόν) — maʿrifat al-nafs (معرفة النفس): Reflexive self-awareness === | ||