LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Wisdom, Courage, Moderation, Justice
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Ruler, Army, Traders
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Reason, Spirit, Desire
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Id, Ego, Superego
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to Plato, the three parts of the soul are the rational, spirited and appetitive parts. The rational part corresponds to the guardians in that it performs the executive function in a soul just as it does in a city.
Detailed explanation-2: -Plato divided the soul into three parts: the logistikon (reason), the thymoeides (spirit), and the epithymetikon (appetite).
Detailed explanation-3: -Plato’s theory of the soul divides the soul into three parts. There is an appetitive part, Epithymetikon, that deals with bodily desires, a spirited part, Thymoeides, that deals with more reflective passions, and the rational part, Logistikon, that deals with thinking and truth.
Detailed explanation-4: -Plato defines the soul as a simple, pure, unorganized, uncompounded, invisible, rational entity. He says that the soul is simple in its true nature and cannot be composed of many elements, that the soul is pure in its original, divine state, and that any impurity in the soul is from its contact with the earth.