The Soul

“The Soul” In book VIII of The Republic, Plato insinuates that the five types of souls are most likely to digress into lesser souls, or stay the way they already are. Plato is saying that there is very little positive mobility in the caste system of the soul. In The Confessions, St. Augustine differs in that opinion. He says that the soul can positively change, and he goes on to describe his own transition from …

…and make you well.” Augustine says that he heard the voice of a young boy or girl, saying, “ Take it and read it.” The story of Augustine is one of a man who travels through the pits of tyrannical slavery, to the aristocratic soul, and the status of one of the most important saints in the Roman Catholic Church. His is a story, which can be an inspiration to any tyrannical soul, looking for change.