Itseemstomethattothesethreeprinciplesthreepleasurescorrespond; alsothreedesiresandgoverningpowers.

Howdoyoumean? hesaid.

Thereisoneprinciplewithwhich, asweweresaying, amanlearns, anotherwithwhichheisangry; thethird, havingmanyforms, hasnospecialname, butisdenotedbythegeneraltermappetitive, fromtheextraordinarystrengthandvehemenceofthedesiresofeatinganddrinkingandtheothersensualappetiteswhicharethemainelementsofit; alsomoney-loving, becausesuchdesiresaregenerallysatisfiedbythehelpofmoney.

Thatistrue, hesaid.

Ifweweretosaythatthelovesandpleasuresofthisthirdpartwereconcernedwithgain, weshouldthenbeabletofallbackonasinglenotion; andmighttrulyandintelligiblydescribethispartofthesoulaslovinggainormoney.

Iagreewithyou.

Again, isnotthepassionateelementwhollysetonrulingandconqueringandgettingfame?

True.

Supposewecallitthecontentiousorambitious— wouldthetermbesuitable?

Extremelysuitable.

Ontheotherhand, everyoneseesthattheprincipleofknowledgeiswhollydirectedtothetruth, andcareslessthaneitheroftheothersforgainorfame.

Farless.

‘Loverofwisdom,’ ‘loverofknowledge,’ aretitleswhichwemayfitlyapplytothatpartofthesoul?

Certainly.

Oneprincipleprevailsinthesoulsofoneclassofmen, anotherinothers, asmayhappen?

Yes.

Thenwemaybeginbyassumingthattherearethreeclassesofmen—loversofwisdom, loversofhonour, loversofgain?

Exactly.

Andtherearethreekindsofpleasure, whicharetheirseveralobjects?

Verytrue.