The 1st (and Greatest) Victory in Life — Plato

The higher self vs lower self

Thomas Oppong
Personal Growth
Published in
4 min readNov 4, 2023

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You will face many battles in life.

In fact, you’ve overcome many hurdles already.

But..

The most important battle we MUST win (come what may) is the one within ourselves. The fight between our higher selves, which strive for virtue and wisdom, and our lower

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Thomas Oppong
Personal Growth

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