The document discusses different perspectives on the human person as an embodied spirit from ancient and contemporary philosophers. It covers Plato's view of the soul as having three parts and being distinct from the body. It also discusses Augustine's view that humans are restless until finding rest in God, and that the soul animates the body. It then discusses Maurice Merleau-Ponty's view that the mind and body are inextricably united, and that we experience and learn through our bodies.