![]() The minimalist, I argue, deploys technology in specific, intentional ways with the goal of empowering the noble steed. In Digital Minimalism, I use this allegory to help understand how to navigate both the promises and perils of modern technology. ![]() This task requires the charioteer to allow the noble steed, representing our moral intuitions, to lead the way, while preventing its ignoble partner, representing our base instincts, from drawing the soul off course. “he charioteer of the human soul drives a pair, and secondly one of the horses is noble and of noble breed, but the other quite the opposite in breed and character.”Īs elaborated by the character of Socrates in the dialogue, the charioteer represents our soul’s reasoned pursuit to cultivate a worthy life. ![]() ![]() One of the more profound representations of the soul in the Western Canon is the Chariot Allegory from Plato’s Phaedrus dialogue : ![]()
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