Plato and the Divided Self

by Rachel Barney, Charles Brittain, Tad Brennan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107654270
• ISBN13: 9781107654273
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"