The actions and forms of expression that Plato seeks to ban in his role as psychologist are numerous and oftentimes rather obscure, so the reader would do well to focus instead on the less numerous justifications that Plato cites for banning things in his aristocracy. ... The rational, spirited, and appetitive parts of the soul, according to Plato, compete against one another for control of each human's actions and thoughts, and each part of the soul is analogous to a class in the city: the rational to the guardians, the spirited to the auxiliaries, and the appetitive to the producers of ...

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ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to layout the primary tenets of the much debated mind/body dualistic argument from the lens of philosophers from the ancient epoch but most elaborately from Rene Descartes. The most critical account of the mind-body theory was first systematically carried out by De...

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What the body does is provide the soul with a vehicle for action in the world and expression of intentions and desires; and the soul pr ovides the body with animation and direction 5For another thing, the theory seems a neat way of reconciling the traditional view that the general resurrection does not occur until the eschaton with Jesus' statement to the good thief on the cross, " Today you wil l be with me in paradise " (L&. 23, 43). ...

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