... when that is what they desire) it seems to follow logically that these two moments suggest that one soul is composed of at least two parts because, according to the reasoning Socrates employs one thing cannot have opposing interest in itself in relation to the same thing. "Spirit" is in the sense of a "spirited" horse. Plato thinks that this is the ... energy that drives the soul and may be used to reason to keep desire in line. Temperance, or moderation, will mean the limitation of desires. This is the part of the soul that is far from being appetitive, for in the civil war in the soul...

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