An Opinion on Plato's Middle Dialogues

Plato theorized that the soul consisted of three parts: rational, spirited and appetite with justice to balance the three portions. This theory is reiterated with Freud's idea of the subconscious. There a portion of the soul/brain that is responsible for the goodness in life. It is this part that is the moral compass, the part that helps a person navigate through the muddy waters of the everyday to find the right path to take. It is the rational portion that mirrors that of the external world of Freud, as it dictates the self-esteem of man. With the spirited, it is this portion that revels in honor and victory of the every day life. Here is the superego, which maintains the emotional attachment to the every day, the masculine essence of spirit. It is this aggressive masculine sense that epitomizes the spirited portion of Plato, as honor and victory are traditionally masculine emotional, though the centuries have proven otherwise in this case. The appetite is the id of the brain, the pleasure principle. It is the raw, primal instincts that Plato addresses. It is the most basic fundamental behaviors of man. With these three portions, it is the justice of Plato's theory, and the ego of Freud that maintains the balance of a man's spirit.