The most important elements comprising the Western concept of the self are probably the soul and self identity. As Plato has made clear, you really are just a soul before God. Believing in this religious answer to the question: "Who am I?" means accepting that your possessions and accomplishments along with your body is nothing; merely insignificant. In philosophy this soul or "real self" is called the "essential self." The essential self is the set …showed first 75 words of 453 total…

…showed last 75 words of 453 total…accepted that, "I am here, whether for some unknown purpose or not," or as in my belief, "My knowing why I am here is not as important as the fact that I carry out the unknown purpose as God so has willed." Though many people have probably not thought in that exact sentence pattern, I still believe that most people have just begun to accept that they are here and they do not know why.