-
of thumos and reason,
-
as you might say the determinants of human behavior or the crucial pet term
-
in that passage is this, again this platonic term
-
spiritedness which is both a cause of the human desire to rule
-
and at the same time a cause of our desire to resist the domination of others.
-
It is the unique source of human assertiveness and aggressiveness,
-
as well as the source of resistance to the aggression of others.
-
It's a very important psychological concept in understanding politics.
-
And second, the passage tells us something about certain
-
additional factors.
-
Extra, in many ways, extra-political factors such as
-
climate and geography as components in the development of