the tripartite soul - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

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]

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Summary


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

Data


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