Explain aristotles account of soul

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Question A. Explain Aristotle's account of soul (i.e. the three levels comprising the human-and I suggest using the term logos, not "reason"), excellence (i.e. "virtue": both intellectual but especially moral-linking both to the account soul) and its cultivation, the mean, and either one of the moral virtues of your choice or friendship (not just the moral virtue of friendliness). What do these things have to do with happiness? Connect this essay, or the one you choose for B., with at least one substantive issue discussed in either the Protagoras or the Gorgias.

Question B . In the Apology, Socrates claims that he goes "around doing nothing but persuading young and old ... to care ... for the best possible state of your [his fellow Athenians'] soul" (30 a-b) and that he is "god's gift" to Athens (30e). Explain (minimally, that is, what is implied about the nature of soul and its health, as well as Socrates's interpretation of the divine and his regard for it), especially in light of what he did during his life. Connect this essay, or the one you choose for A., with at least one substantive issue discussed in either the Protagoras or the Gorgias. Also, consider answering in relation to Aristotle's account of soul and the good life in the Nicomachean Ethics.

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