A look in to the platonic soul.
Title: A look in to the platonic soul.
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 1515 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
A look in to the platonic soul.
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 1515 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
A Look into the Platonic soul
In Plato's Republic, Socrates explains his idea of the moral soul being an ideal soul. Socrates' proved this by comparing an ideal soul to an ideal society. This analogy allowed Socrates to develop a theory for the composition of the soul. This theory proposes that the mind is divided into 3 parts; the rational part, the passionate part and the appetites. In his ideal soul the rational part is in
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s the ideas of the "not-so" moral souls. As I have found that, I usually do not have the insight to think that far ahead. I would probably do as I always do, try to find more proof of it in the real world. However since Socrates offered to solve the next part I know I would stick around to hear more.
Works consulted
Plato. The Republic. Trans. Waterfield, Robin New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.