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R4 Hogwarts and Kallipolis | Plato's Republic, book 4

Ancient Greece Declassified

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The Three Parts of the Human Psyche

The wisdom of an individual would be located in the rational part of the soul, just as it's located in the ruling part of a state. The courage of a person is located in the spirited part, or thumos,. As one might expect, temperance, or moderation in the soul is a harmony between the parts and an agreement among them that reason should rule. And final, justice is the state of the soul where each of the three parts performs its own function well and does not interfere with the work of the others.

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