tripartite soul

English

Noun

tripartite soul (plural tripartite souls)

  1. The proposition that one's soul — ψυχή (psukhḗ, “psyche”) — is composed of three parts; the λογιστικός (logistikós, “logical”), the θυμοειδές (thumoeidés, “spirited”) and the ἐπιθυμητικόν (epithumētikón, “appetitive”).
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