Artos Online Learning | Plato’s Myth of the Winged Soul: Responding to Literature through Journaling and Personal Narrative | Activity https://artoslearning.com/groups/platos-myth-of-the-winged-soul/ Activity feed for the group, Plato’s Myth of the Winged Soul: Responding to Literature through Journaling and Personal Narrative. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:52:10 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=3.4.2 en-US 30 hourly 2 d7e3b90ea8f2e4dc5655dcd4bfef09a0 Weslea Bell started the discussion Questions about Essay Assignment in the forum Plato’s Myth of the Winged Soul https://artoslearning.com/groups/platos-myth-of-the-winged-soul/forum/discussion/questions-about-essay-assignment/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:42:12 -0500 Questions about Essay Assignment

If you have questions about the Personal Narrative Essay assignment, post them here. If you see a question a classmate has posted and you know the answer, feel free to respond.

]]> d36d37f5744db283cbb58f48e5d0bbb6 Weslea Bell started the discussion Noble Horse vs. Fiery Horse in the forum Plato’s Myth of the Winged Soul https://artoslearning.com/groups/platos-myth-of-the-winged-soul/forum/discussion/noble-horse-vs-fiery-horse/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:43:15 -0500 Noble Horse vs. Fiery Horse

Plato refers to our carnal impulses as the fiery horse, while Lewis refers to them as our belly. Plato refers to our reason and logic as our noble horse, while Lewis refers to them as our head.

Discuss the questions below with your classmates. This discussion question is a good place to talk through your ideas before organizing your thoughts in…

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]]> 78294e34302d177aefa43ea0f6d9e3c4 Weslea Bell started the discussion Background Knowledge about Plato in the forum Plato’s Myth of the Winged Soul https://artoslearning.com/groups/platos-myth-of-the-winged-soul/forum/discussion/background-knowledge-about-plato/ Thu, 24 Jul 2025 02:39:57 -0500 Background Knowledge about Plato

In the introduction to A Primer on Plato: His Life, Works, and Philosophy, we find this quotation: “Every conversation has a person who breaks the ice and starts the discussion, and the Great Conversation in the West is no different.”

The person “breaking the ice,” is Plato. Do you often find yourself initiating conversations about truth,…

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