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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. | ||
== | == 1. Soul ''(Psychē)'' == | ||
''Al-Nafs (النفس) | ''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)'' === | |||
''Maʿrifat al-nafs (معرفة النفس | ''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. | ||