Porphyry [PORE-fur-ee] and Plotinus revived this man's ideas.
This thinker compared the soul to a chariot with two horses representing the rational, spirited, and appetitive. He invented the third man argument. Porphyry [PORE-fur-ee] and Plotinus revived this man's ideas. This philosopher considered that all observable characteristics of objects are copies of ideal abstractions in an alternate world. This thinker used his theory of (*) Forms in a metaphor explaining that reality may really just be prisoners chained to the wall of a cave. He wrote about love at a drinking party, and, in a dialogue about justice, considered philosopher-kings who govern The Republic. For 10 points, name this student of Socrates.
This thinker compared the soul to a chariot with two horses representing the rational, spirited, and appetitive.
Plato