Two chariots: the justification of the best life in the Katha Upanishad and Plato's Phaedrus. Philosophy East and West | July 1, 2006| | COPYRIGHT 2006 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Introduction: The Two Chariots

The Katha Upanishad presents a remarkable dialogue between Yama, the god of Death, and Naciketas, who seeks an understanding of the self's status after death. As preparation for this truth, Yama likens the individual to a chariot. In his account, the chariot itself is compared to the body, the charioteer to the intellect, the reins to the mind, the horses to the senses, and the road to the objects of the senses. He concludes: "the enjoyer is the self endowed with body, sense and mind; thus say the wise." (1) This conception of the self ...

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