PLATO

Plato's Forms of Soul

• Episteme: knowledge of the knower and the known
• Politically: Philo and city-state
• Non-physical (soul)

Tri Partite Theory of Soul

• Logos-  logical/Reason
• Epithymia- Instinctive
• Thymos- spirited

Tri Partite Soul Theory cont.

• Logos- discerns what is real and what is not, what is true and not.
• Thymos- Allows one to express content or anger, self preservation
• Epithymia-Instinctive,fundamental desires, usually non thiinking

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