ABSTRACT
Given the scope of this essay, the breadth of it’s subject and its origins as the opening paper of a conference, I will take a quite personal view of the literature and the field. I start with a quotation which is a reflection of the author Zeyl on the work of Plato’s Timaeus.
The well being of the soul in particular is emphasized: it is through realigning the motions of our souls with those of the universe at large that we achieve our goal of living virtuously and happily. (Zeyl, 2013, p. 1)
