Plato, in Phaedrus , uses the Chariot Allegory to explain his view of the human soul. He does this in the play through the character of Socrates.

Plato does not see the human soul as a sort of patchwork of emotions and concepts; this differs from the views of many philosophers of the time period. Instead he views the soul as a sort of composite, in which many different elements blend together and affect each other.