What is Soul? James Hillman's Influences and Plato's Definition

Playto defined the soul as the thinking part of us, but also as a self-moving principle made of an immortal substance that reincarnates. He believed that the soul has three parts: arrows, thymos, and logos. Arrows represents love, thymos relates to spirited emotions, and logos is associated with rationality. This tripartite soul concept is found in Playto's esoteric masterpiece, The Republic.