Eduardo Saldaña
Biographic Data
| ID | 9489796 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eduardo Saldaña |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eduardo |
| FAMILY NAME | Saldaña |
| SIGNATURE | SALDAÑA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Genève Département de philosophie Rue de Candolle 2 Geneva 1211 CH |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Struggle with(in) Leontius’ Soul
In Republic 4, Plato’s Socrates argues that there are three elements in the soul: the rational, the spirited, and the appetitive. This paper focuses on the argument distinguishing spirit from appetite in the story of Leontius. I shall argue that the rational element first opposes Leontius’ appetite and, when appetite overpowers reason, then Leontius’ spirited part opposes the appetitive. Consequently, there is a kind of disgust that would be appr…
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The Struggle with(in) Leontius’ Soul
In Republic 4, Plato’s Socrates argues that there are three elements in the soul: the rational, the spirited, and the appetitive. This paper focuses on the argument distinguishing spirit from appetite in the story of Leontius. I shall argue that the rational element first opposes Leontius’ appetite and, when appetite overpowers reason, then Leontius’ spirited part opposes the appetitive. Consequently, there is a kind of disgust that would be appr…
Anger (1 work) · Appetite (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Classical Antiquity Studies (1 work) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (1 work) · Disgust (1 work) · Element (criminal law) (1 work) · Endocrinology (1 work) · Endocrinology (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work)