, which addresses the issues of nature and nurture. Freud's mind is composed of three parts as well- the id, ego and superego. The superego is a person's conscience and ideals that are shaped by interactions with family, friends, and the entire society. The superego can be nurtured in order to produce the desired balance of goodness and virtue. Unlike the superego, the "id is the nature side in raw form: our instincts, our appetites, and above all our sexual desires" (22). The id cannot be molded through nurture because it contains our unalterable biological needs and desires. Freud strongly supported the nature side of the argument and believed that the id was unchangeable. He believed that "nature has, through evolution, given us an aggressive, sexual side; as social, intellectual creatures we can only deal with it, not change it." Although Plato shared the belief that nature and nurture strongly influence our lives, he claimed that nature can be nurtured, and that desire and the spirit could be improved upon. Plato's idea of the goo
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