Rethinking the human person

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Lacking Tools of Self-Transformation and Self-Realisation: The Incoherence of the Notion of the Self as Defined by Descartes, Hume and Freud -- In Search for a Holistic Model of the Self: Situating the Moral Perfection of the Self within Ostad Elahi's Metaphysics of Human Nature -- Acquisition of Virtues Central to Ethical Literacy: Ostad Elahi's Definition of Spiritual Growth and Functional Equilibrium within the Self -- Knowledge and Application of Divine Ethics: Key Elements of Ostad Elahi's Thoughts and Ethical Literacy -- The Contemporary Significance of Ostad Elahi's Model of the Self in Education for Ethical Literacy -- Conclusion: Contribution to Theory -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 -- Constants of Nature Fine-tuned for the Production of Life -- Properties of Matter as Evidence for an Intelligent Design -- Appendix 2 -- Epistemological Foundation of Descartes' Metaphysics -- Perceptions of the Mind: Impressions, Ideas and Association -- Freud's Topographical and Structural Models of the Mind -- Appendix 3 -- Nur Ali Elahi: Family Lineage, Tradition and Religious Context -- Appendix 4 -- The Quintessence of Religions: A Prayer by Ostad Elahi -- Bibliography -- Index