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Plato and the Divided Self (Paperback)
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Plato and the Divided Self (Paperback)
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Plato's account of the tripartite soul is a memorable feature of
dialogues like the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus: it is one of his
most famous and influential yet least understood theories. It
presents human nature as both essentially multiple and diverse -
and yet somehow also one - divided into a fully human 'rational'
part, a lion-like 'spirited part' and an 'appetitive' part likened
to a many-headed beast. How these parts interact, how exactly each
shapes our agency and how they are affected by phenomena like eros
and education is complicated and controversial. The essays in this
book investigate how the theory evolves over the whole of Plato's
work, including the Republic, Phaedrus and Timaeus, and how it was
developed further by important Platonists such as Galen, Plutarch
and Plotinus. They will be of interest to a wide audience in
philosophy and classics.
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