Plato's Happiness

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and justice is each part doing its own work and not interfering with one another. These two definitions of justice don't do a good job of explaining what justice is in ful. Plato compares justice in a soul and justice in a city, the city of Kalipolis. Plato critiques what justice is, the parts in the soul and the parts in the city of Kalipolis. The soul is split into three parts by Plato, the appetitive, spirited element and the rational. The appetitive is the part are, in lames terms, our desires, our hunger, our thirst in some sorts. The rational part of our soul controls the appetites. The rational part is the part in the soul makes decisions that are good for the soul and should always have that interest in mind. The third part is the spirited element. This part of the soul gives us drives, it gives us courage, it wakes us up in the morning, gets us through the day. This part of the soul is also controlled by rationality. The spirited naturally, if "it hasn't been corrupted ...

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