RE: What is wrong with FW?
July 29, 2018 at 8:59 am
(This post was last modified: July 29, 2018 at 9:00 am by Angrboda.)
(July 22, 2018 at 10:06 am)Little Rik Wrote: God or not God FREE WILL still affect our lives in the good or the bad...
Quote:Summary of Plato’s Theory of Human Nature
Plato (427-347 BCE) “was one of the first to argue that the systematic use of our reason can show us the best way to live.”
The soul (mind) itself is divided into 3 parts: reason; appetite (physical urges); and will (emotion, passion, spirit.) The will is the source of love, anger, indignation, ambition, aggression, etc. When these aspects are not in harmony, we experience mental conflict. The will can be on the side of either reason or the appetites. We might be pulled by lustful appetite, or the rational desire to find a good partner. To explain the interaction of these 3 parts of the self, Plato uses the image is of the charioteer (reason) who tries to control horses representing will and appetites.