Plato and the Myth Of The Charioteer

							Plato and the Myth Of The
        Charioteer

         By Chastin West
Importance
      He studied under
       philosopher Socrates
      He was very critical of
       Rhetoric
      He believed in the idea
       of only one truth
    The Myth of the Charioteer
 This idea is supposed to represent the
  division of the human soul
     -The Three Parts
           >Charioteer - lover of wisdom
           >First Horse - lover of honor
           >Second Horse - lover of lust
                Charioteer
 The Charioteer is the part of the soul that is
  wise and the philosopher of a person.
            The First Horse
 The first is represented as the good horse
 It is the part of the soul that wants do
  everything right
           The Second Horse
 The second horse is represented as the bad
  horse
 It is the part of the soul that wants the bad
  things like lust and sexual ideas
 It is the partier of the two horses
     Platos techne of Rhetoric
 He derived his own definition of rhetoric
  from this idea:
           - Rhetoric is the art (rational
           method) of leading the human soul
           toward Truth through rational
           argumentation