Plato's Allegory of the Chariot is a symbolic depiction of the tripartite analysis of the soul. Two horses draw the chariot (of the personality). One of the horses is good and the other one is not. The good horse represents spirit, is noble, well formed, handsome, and tending to behave magnificently. The other horse, representing the appetites, is crooked, lumbering, ill made, stiff-necked, short-throated, with bloodshot eyes. The charioteer, whose job is to determine the direction and speed, to drive the chariot, and to coordinate the activities of both his horses is symbolic of reason. Today, however, we have horseless chariots, with drivers that are asleep at the wheel.
