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    It is not the case that The Socratic identification of virtue with knowledge alone is insufficient once the soul is understood to have non-rational parts.

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

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    • 1.Socratic intellectualism holds that virtue just is knowledge.
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    • 2.Subdividing the soul reveals that non-rational parts can motivate action independently of knowledge.
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    • 3.Non-rational parts must be habituated separately, since they cannot grasp knowledge directly.
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