Reason are the mental powers concerned with forming conclusions, judgments or inferences, good sense. Emotion or passion is the strong agitation of the feelings caused by experiencing love or hate. The famous philosopher of the ancient times named Plato gives us a different definition of these two terms, he connects them to the soul, actually he gives them a big function of the soul. Plato divides the soul in three parts: spirit, desire, and reason. Desire is our emotions, feelings, desires, for example when someone has a craving for chocolate Plato would say that it is the part of the soul he calls desire that induces that craving. Reason is the part of the soul Plato calls wisdom, intelligence, and logic. A good example of that would be when one does not want to eat the chocolate because he or she would gain weight. Plato would refer to that action as using reason. The most important part is the spirit, which is the part that actually tells us what to do. It chooses the action to be performed. It is being pulled either by the desire or by the reason part of the soul. Consider the examples given above for

These are the words of Hephaistos while chaining down Prometheus. He feels sorry for the god because he was punished for a nice and wise deed. He also admires his bravery, for he did what he had to even though everyone was against him, for he went against Zeus’ word. Chained to the stone Prometheus pities him self and his emotions start to overtake giving the impression that he is loosing control:

You have bestowed great gifts on men, beyond all justice…”¹

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