The document discusses the human person as an embodied spirit with limitations. It explains that human existence is embodied, and consciousness and embodiment are necessary for subjectivity, emotion, language, thought, and social interaction. It outlines three main limitations of humans as embodied spirits: 1) facticity, which refers to the unchangeable aspects of one's life and circumstances; 2) being spatial-temporal beings with limitations of time and an inability to be in two places at once; and 3) the body acting as an intermediary between our minds and the world in a limiting way.

2. The Human Person
as an Embodied Spirit
Human existence is embodied existence.
Many things related to our existence as persons are
related to bodies – age, sex, race, relationships, etc.

3. Consciousness
is the state or quality of awareness, or, of being
aware of an external object or something within
oneself.

5. EMBODIMENT
refers to the biological and physical presence of our
bodies, which are a necessary precondition for
subjectivity, emotion, language, thought and social
interaction

9. Limitations of the Human Person
as an Embodied Spirit
1. Facticity
2. Spatial-Temporal Being
3. The Body as Intermediary

10. 1. Facticity
Refers to the things
in our life that are
already given

11. 1. Facticity
Refers to the things
in our life that are
already given

12. 1. Facticity
Refers to the things in our life that are already given
Refers to all the details that surround us in the
present: our environment, our language, our past
decisions, our past and present relationships, and
even our future death.

13. 2. Spatial-temporal Being
As temporal beings, our most obvious limitation is our
finitude – our finite quality or state.

15. 2. Spatial-temporal Being
As spatial beings, we are limited by our bodies to be
present in two or more places at the same time.

19. 2. Spatial-temporal Being
We are limited by space (spatial) and time
(temporal).
Our spatial-temporal situation sets our preconditions
of understanding.

21. 3. The Body as Intermediary
Intermediary means acting as a mediator (Merriam-
Webster).

22. 3. The Body as Intermediary
Intermediary means acting as a mediator (Merriam-
Webster).
Our body serves as an intermediary between us and
the physical world.

23. 3. The Body as Intermediary
Intermediary means acting as a mediator (Merriam-
Webster).
Our body serves as an intermediary between us and
the physical world.
Our body limits our experience of the world to our
world.

24. 3. The Body as Intermediary
This imposes limitations concerning communication
and expression.

34. QUESTIONS?

35. Get ¼ sheet of paper

37. Let us check.

38. Limitations of the Human Person
as an Embodied Spirit
1. Facticity
2. Spatial-Temporal Being
3. The Body as Intermediary

41. Is the ability to change, be dynamic, and continually
redefining one’s self which works with our facticity to
create change.
TRANSCENDENCE

44. 1. Facticity
At times we use our facticity as an excuse for our
difficulties and failures.

50. 2. Spatial-temporal Being
We are more concerned with the past and/or future
that is why we never appreciate the present.

59. 2. Spatial-temporal Being
We cannot be at the place where we want to be at
an instant.

65. 3. The Body as Intermediary
Having a body may prevent us from disclosing what
we really want to express.

74. QUESTIONS?

75. Get ¼ sheet of paper