Bellanca, Nicolò; Pichillo, Giancarlo - In: International Review of Economics 61 (2014) 1, pp. 13-38
According to Plato, thymòs—a notion denoting the human need for recognition—triggers off the most powerful and overwhelming human passions. Indeed, any action originated and nurtured by thymòtic passions places its own raison d’être in itself. The acts motivated by thymòs can either...