Allegoria dipinto di Platone anima umana carro trainato da cavalli - Illustrazioni stock

In the Phaedrus, Plato ( through his mouthpiece, Socrates ) shares the allegory of the chariot to explain the tripartite nature of the human soul or psyche. The chariot is pulled by two winged horses, one mortal and the other immortal."rThe mortal horse is deformed and obstinate - the immortal horse, on the other hand, is noble and game. The charioteer joins a procession of gods, led by Zeus. Original edition from my own archives Source : Magasin Pittoresque 1856 Drawing : Chevignard Plato ( Platon; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC ) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.