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To clarify, in the Republic the spirited part of the soul that is dominated by the appetitive part is compared to an ape or monkey (perhaps in allusion to a sor
by ttonkytonk 3y ago
To clarify, in the Republic the spirited part of the soul that is dominated by the appetitive part is compared to an ape or monkey (perhaps in allusion to a sort of buffoon). Similarly I was comparing the spirited part of Marx's (or Marxism's) soul to a manticore.