A Look into the Platonic soul In Plato's Republic, Socrates explains his idea of the moral soul being an ideal soul. Socrates' proved this by comparing an ideal soul to an ideal society. This analogy allowed Socrates to develop a theory for the composition of the soul. This theory proposes that the mind is divided into 3 parts; the rational part, the passionate part and the appetites. In his ideal soul the rational part is in …showed first 75 words of 1515 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1515 total…s the ideas of the "not-so" moral souls. As I have found that, I usually do not have the insight to think that far ahead. I would probably do as I always do, try to find more proof of it in the real world. However since Socrates offered to solve the next part I know I would stick around to hear more. Works consulted Plato. The Republic. Trans. Waterfield, Robin New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.