Filipino Social Philosophy

Mary Eunice D. Quijano

BSE 302 – English

Filipino Social Philosophy There is a mutual blending between the east

and the west character.

Realistic and non – rationalist.

“Nasa Tao Ang Gawa, Nasa Dios Ang Awa”.

THE FILIPINO AS MAN

The Filipino as an Individual

Looks at himself as a self, as one who feels, one who wills, as one who thinks, as one who acts; as a total whole person.

The Filipino may forgive and insult but he carries the wounds for a long time.

The Filipino as a Thinker Filipino intuition is similar to “poetic intuition”

or “Knowledge through connaturality”.

Inductive by nature.

Subjective, concrete and imprecise.

Non dualistic view or synthetic world view.

The Filipino as a Social Being

Less individualistic.

Non – dualism or harmony explains the Filipino’s communitarian nature.

The Filipino looks at a person from the view point of harmony.

Notices the hierarchy and the dichotomy of himself and of others.

THE FILIPINO AND THE WORLD OF

THINGS

Philosophy Of Time Wants to be in harmony with nature through

equilibrium.

If the balance is upset, the Filipino expects suffering and other forms of misfortune.

Philosophy Of Time Knows that nature is wiser so he does not

tamper with the ways of the nature.

Cosmic time in Filipino is cyclic, or spiral and dynamic.

There is always tomorrow.

Philosophy Of Causality Non –dualistic world view.

Disorders occur in progression.

Philosophy Of Law Views law from its interior aspect.

Views the law concretely.

THE FILIPINO AND THE OTHER WORLD

The Sacred and the Profane

Sees the divine transparency in nature and in holy persons.

The profane and the sacred are inseparable for the Filipino.

On God, The Spirits And The Department

God’s existence is a fact for the Filipino.

There is no need in proving his existence.

The Filipino’s philosophy of God, the spirits and the departed ancestors is a reflection of his social philosophy.

The Filipinos Bearing Has non- western concept of conscience.

More communitarian than individualistic

Believes in the innate goodness of man.

His lack of moral conscience is balanced by his philosophy of retribution.

SALAMAT !