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I don't have any philosphical training/experience, I'm only extremely curious.
These are my afternoon thoughts in an attempt to understand the components of a human being.

1.Physical:
a.Physical body (nervous system, circulatory, respiratory, gastrointestinal, endocrine, urinary, reproductive, immunologic, musculoskeletal, integumentary)
i.Physiology
ii.Pathophysiology
b.Physical skills
i.Locomotor: Walking, running, jumping, hopping, skipping, galloping, crawling, climbing, sliding, leaping.
ii.Non-locomotor: Throwing, catching, kicking, striking, dribbling, volleying, bouncing, rolling
iii.Manipulative: Bending, stretching, twisting, turning, raising, rotating, swinging.
2.Non-physical
a.Id
i.Primary process thinking/drive
ii.Unconscious mind
iii.Libido/Pleasure
b.Ego
i.Secondary process thinking
ii.Conscious/preconscious mind
iii.Defense mechanisms
iv.Intelligence
1.Linguistic
2.Logical-mathematical
3.Philosophical
4.Spatial
5.Musical
6.Bodily-Kinesthetic
7.Interpersonal
8.Intrapersonal
9.Naturalistic
c.Super ego

Incomplete thoughts, still need to figure out how other components fit in there. Thoughts?

thefool wrote: ↑Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:48 am I don't have any philosphical training/experience, I'm only extremely curious.

Then 'you' have the True MAKINGS OF A PROPER "philosopher".

one is NOT trained to be a "philosopher", one still has curiosity, and a desire, interest, or love of wanting to keep learning, and thus a love of becoming wiser, or one does not.

thefool wrote: ↑Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:48 am These are my afternoon thoughts in an attempt to understand the components of a human being.

1.Physical:
a.Physical body (nervous system, circulatory, respiratory, gastrointestinal, endocrine, urinary, reproductive, immunologic, musculoskeletal, integumentary)
i.Physiology
ii.Pathophysiology
b.Physical skills
i.Locomotor: Walking, running, jumping, hopping, skipping, galloping, crawling, climbing, sliding, leaping.
ii.Non-locomotor: Throwing, catching, kicking, striking, dribbling, volleying, bouncing, rolling
iii.Manipulative: Bending, stretching, twisting, turning, raising, rotating, swinging.
2.Non-physical
a.Id
i.Primary process thinking/drive
ii.Unconscious mind
iii.Libido/Pleasure
b.Ego
i.Secondary process thinking
ii.Conscious/preconscious mind
iii.Defense mechanisms
iv.Intelligence
1.Linguistic
2.Logical-mathematical
3.Philosophical
4.Spatial
5.Musical
6.Bodily-Kinesthetic
7.Interpersonal
8.Intrapersonal
9.Naturalistic
c.Super ego

Incomplete thoughts, still need to figure out how other components fit in there. Thoughts?

To me,

The word 'human being' just refers to the visible human body, which is obviously 'physical', and to the invisible 'thoughts' and 'emotions', which are still open to whether being 'physical' or not, but which also has no real bearing on anything, here, anyway.

I also use the 'human' word to refer to the visible body part, only, and, the 'being' word to refer to the invisible part, only.

Now, the 'mind' comes up relatively often in relation to 'human beings'. However, the Mind, which is also obviously invisible, is what allows 'human beings', individually and collectively, to keep being able to learn, and do or create, new/er and more things all of the time.

Invisible 'thoughts' are stored, for 'arguments sake', within the physical brain, but which are what the words, 'self', 'person', 'ego', and even 'i' are referring to, exactly. And, when the word 'mind' is commonly used, then what is actually being referred to are just 'the thoughts', within 'the human body', usually.

A 'human being' is made up of two parts:

The visible human body part. And,

The invisible being (soul) part.

What is 'invisible' is the 'being' part, and, what is 'visible' is the 'body' part.