The consciousness of each person is of great interest to the individual characteristics of the perception of life and mental reactions to current reality. For thousands of years, the best philosophers of the world have given different assessments to human consciousness.
Aristotle
Aristotle (384-322 BC) - an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Plato and mentor of Alexander the Great, believes that human consciousness exists separately from matter. Moreover, the human soul is a carrier of consciousness. The work of the soul, i.e. consciousness, according to Aristotle, is divided into 3 areas of activity: plant, animal and intelligent. The plant sphere of consciousness takes care of nutrition, growth and reproduction, animal consciousness is responsible for desires and sensations, and a rational soul has the ability to think and reflect. Only thanks to the rational part of human consciousness does the individual differ from animals.
Bonaventure Giovanni
Bonaventure Giovanni (1221-1274) - author of philosophical and religious works of the Middle Ages. In the treatise "Guide of the soul to God" Giovanni says that the human soul has a constant light in it, in which unshakable truths are preserved. Reason bases its understanding of everything that exists only on the basis of existing knowledge. The image of God is so enclosed in the soul and consciousness of man as he is capable of perceiving the divine in his life. The human consciousness itself judges itself, and the laws on the basis of which judgments are made are initially imprinted in the soul. Most of all driven by the consciousness and soul of a person is the desire to achieve bliss.
Pico della Mirandola
Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) is an educated aristocrat and philosopher of the Renaissance. In his writings, he notes that human knowledge, which is called rational, is actually quite imperfect, because it is unstable and tends to change periodically.
Didro Denis
Didro Denis (1713-1784) - French materialist philosopher and atheist. In his works "On Man. The Unity of Body and Soul" Denis notes that when a person feels healthy, he does not pay attention to any part of the body. A person’s life, according to the philosopher, can go on without a brain; all organs can work on their own and act separately. However, man himself lives and exists only at one point in the brain - where his thought is present. At the same time, human consciousness represents such a complex, mobile and feeling being, whose thoughts and feelings cannot be explained without the body.