ChristopherColumbus
Master Don Juan
Well, I don't think it's helpful to create a dichotomy out of reason and desire. think it's best to place desire at the centre, and then you would have rational desires and irrational desires. 'Will' is then like the charioteer that will need to restrain the irrational horse [Plato's vision]. But still, you are empowered by, and live by, desire.That doesn't follow. You can't take for granted that people can have wrongful, inaccurate, delusional desires.
However, this particular desire does appear to be natural at some level, so I'm not disagreeing in this specific instance. It's hard to know what is natural and what is socially conditioned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariot_Allegory
The Charioteer represents intellect, reason, or the part of the soul that must guide the soul to truth; one horse represents rational or moral impulse or the positive part of passionate nature (e.g., righteous indignation); while the other represents the soul's irrational passions, appetites, or concupiscent nature. The Charioteer directs the entire chariot/soul, trying to stop the horses from going different ways, and to proceed towards enlightenment.
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