In Plato's republic we are met with a glimpse of understanding humans emotional response and how that effectuates rational deductive logic. Plato states that there are three parts to the human soul (or three souls) that impress upon human behavior: Rational, spirited, and appetitive. For Plato, the rational soul is the logical decision-making part of human beings, equated to the mind or intellect. The appetitive soul on the other hand supposes emotions or desires as infectious and take action by them or through them. Plato sees these forces as constantly in conflict with the rational soul. This confrontation often incites irrational behavior whether it be in the form of self-entitlement, avarice, manipulation such as projection, even an attempt at mass manipulation.
In terms of Irrationality, woman are often scape-goats for non-linear thinking and complete apathy when it comes to deduction. The truth is both men and women are creatures of impulsion and self-absorption. We dedicate more time to our public persona perceived by those we deem important than we do to the pure altruism our archetypal image insists is most important. In addition, there is no self-less act as Kant would say without a subversion of self-fulfillment. This is not necessarily nefarious in nature as helping others genuinely is rewarding via endorphin and oxytocin levels. However, when the means do not justify the apparent end rather, act as a farce for some alternative agenda such as image building we are left with avarice as the motivator......
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