Book IV, 435c-441c
Argument from opposites establishing the three parts of the soul.
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From The Republic by Plato
Plato argues the soul has three parts—rational, spirited, and appetitive—mirroring the three classes of the just city.
Book IV, 439e-440a
Leontius example illustrating the spirited part's distinction from appetite.
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Image of the soul as a many-headed beast, lion, and human being.
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