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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 (ψυχή) ==
== 1. Soul ''(Psychē)'' ==
''Al-Nafs (النفس) • Soul''
''ψυχή • Al-Nafs (النفس)''


=== 1. Phenomenal consciousness ===
=== 1.1 Phenomenal consciousness ===


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
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''Theaetetus 184b–186e; Phaedo 65c–66a''
''Theaetetus 184b–186e; Phaedo 65c–66a''


=== 2. Reflexive self-awareness ''(Gnōthi seauton)'' ===  
== 2. Reflexive self-awareness ''(Gnōthi seauton)'' ===  
''Maʿrifat al-nafs (معرفة النفس) • (γνῶθι σεαυτόν)''
''γνῶθι σεαυτόν • Maʿrifat al-nafs (معرفة النفس)''


Acknowledgement of present experience permits, at minimum, awareness that experience is present; whether this establishes an enduring self is left open.
Acknowledgement of present experience permits, at minimum, awareness that experience is present; whether this establishes an enduring self is left open.