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• Plato · Phaedrus / Republic IV

  Plato's chariot allegory of the tripartite soul

  Plato pictures the soul as a charioteer (reason) governing two horses (spirited thumos and appetitive desire); only when reason harmonises all three into one unified, self-controlled person should one turn outward to wealth, bodily care, politics, or business.

  ParableThe shadow and repressed drivesSelf-discipline and impulse control

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  • Overwhelm and mental noise

  Lenses

  • Virtue as the only good
  • Socratic self-examination