thymos
Thymos is a Greek term meaning spiritedness, vigor, or life-force. In classical thought, it designates a distinct aspect of the soul's psychology, associated with emotional energy, motion, and the impulse to act. The word is connected to ideas of breath and vitality in ancient Greek language.
In Plato's philosophy, thymos is the second part of the tripartite soul, alongside the rational part (logistikon)
Later Greek writers, including Aristotle, discuss thymos as one of the passions that can be stirred in
In modern scholarship, thymos is mainly used in discussions of classical psychology and philosophy. It remains
Thymos should not be confused with the thymus, the immune organ named separately in medicine.