the tripartite soul - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet I: Bonus 12

Description acceptable. Homer’s line “he struck his chest and spoke to his heart” while describing the temperance of Odysseus is cited to finish the argument for this theory. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name or describe this theory. Leontius’s simultaneous desire and disgust upon seeing corpses supports this theory because one will not “undergo opposites in relation to the same thing, at the same time.”

ANSWER: the tripartite soul [accept any answer indicating the soul is composed of three or multiple parts; prompt on Plato’s theory of soul or similar descriptions]

[10e] Plato cites Homer to explain the tripartite soul in this dialogue, which imagines an ideal city state ruled by philosopher kings.

ANSWER: The Republic [accept Politeia or De Republica]

[10m] In this other dialogue, the tripartite soul is illustrated with two horses of opposing natures controlled by the same charioteer. The transmigration of the soul and divine madness are discussed in this dialogue.

ANSWER: Phaedrus [accept Phaidros]

<UCLA A, Philosophy> | Packet I - McGill B, UCLA A, Michigan B, Georgia Tech C, Southampton B

Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
63	11.75	98%	19%	0%

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Conversion

Team	Opponent	Part 2	Part 3	Total	Parts
Alabama A	Tennessee B	10	0	10	E
Berkeley A	Berkeley D	10	10	20	EM
Berkeley B	Stanford B	10	0	10	E
Berkeley C	Stanford A	10	10	20	EM
Binghamton A	Cornell C	10	0	10	E
Brandeis B	Bowdoin A	10	10	20	EM
Brown	Bowdoin B	10	0	10	E
Bruin	WashU B	10	10	20	EM
Cambridge B	Imperial A	10	0	10	E
Central Florida C	Central Florida B	10	0	10	E
Chicago E	Notre Dame B	10	0	10	E
Cornell A	Penn State	10	0	10	E
Cornell B	RIT	10	0	10	E
Dartmouth A	Harvard A	10	0	10	E
Duke	William and Mary	10	0	10	E
Durham	City St. George's	10	0	10	E
Edinburgh B	Imperial C	10	0	10	E
Florida B	Florida A	10	10	20	EM
Florida C	Central Florida A	10	0	10	E
Georgetown	Columbia C	10	0	10	E
Georgia Tech A	Minnesota A	10	0	10	E
Georgia Tech D	Louisville A	10	0	10	E
Illinois A	Indiana A	10	0	10	E
Illinois B	Chicago C	10	0	10	E
Iowa State	Claremont	10	0	10	E
James Madison B	Liberty B	10	0	10	E
John Jay	Catholic	10	0	10	E
Johns Hopkins A	NYU B	10	0	10	E
Johns Hopkins B	NYU C	10	0	10	E
LSE	Bristol	10	0	10	E
Liberty C	James Madison A	10	0	10	E
Louisville B	Kentucky	10	0	10	E
MIT	Brandeis A	10	10	20	EM
Maryland A	Columbia A	10	0	10	E
Maryland B	Vassar	10	0	10	E
McGill A	UBC B	10	0	10	E
Mississipi State	Georgia Tech B	10	0	10	E
NC State A	North Carolina C	10	0	10	E
NC State B	North Carolina B	10	0	10	E
NYU A	Columbia B	10	10	20	EM
Northwestern B	Illinois C	10	0	10	E
Northwestern C	Indiana C	10	0	10	E
Northwestern D	Indiana B	10	0	10	E
Notre Dame A	Chicago B	10	10	20	EM
Oxford A	Cambridge C	10	0	10	E
Oxford B	UCL	10	10	20	EM
Purdue A	Chicago A	10	0	10	E
Purdue B	Chicago D	10	10	20	EM
Rochester	Binghamton B	10	0	10	E
Rutgers A	Rutgers B	10	0	10	E
South Carolina A	Liberty A	10	0	10	E
South Carolina B	VCU	10	0	10	E
Southern Connecticut State	Dartmouth B	10	0	10	E
Swarthmore	Maryland C	10	10	20	EM
Tennessee A	Sewanee	10	0	10	E
Texas A	Murray State A	10	0	10	E
Texas B	Texas A&M A	0	0	0
Vanderbilt B	WashU A	10	0	10	E
Virginia Tech A	North Carolina A	10	10	20	EM
Virginia Tech B	Virginia	10	0	10	E
Washington A	Missouri A	10	0	10	E
Washington B	Carleton College	10	0	10	E
Yale	Harvard B	10	0	10	E

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Canada	Main Site	✓	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	11.11	100%	11%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	✓	9	12.22	100%	22%	0%
Northeast	Main Site	✓	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	✓	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	5.00	50%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	✓	7	11.43	100%	14%	0%
UK	Main Site	✓	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	12.22	100%	22%	0%
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%