Part human, part divine
A man rides his chariot into the realm of a goddess. She tells him: humans think in a mortal, limited way. They don’t see the truth — you must look beyond. Let go of your thumos, the impulses and passions of mortal life. The gods, being immortal, see beyond such drives. Clinging to them keeps you bound to the conventions of men. The goddess speaks of two roads: the path of aletheia (pure reason), where being simply is and cannot not-be, and the path of doxa (opinion), where mortals wander with illusions, mixing being with not-being. ...