Motif
ancestral inheritance overcome by conscious action
ancestral_inheritance_overcome_by_conscious_action
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 6989-7077 confidence: high
The passage says people inherit mental and physical qualities from parents, remote ancestors, race, and general human conditions, but that these cannot be precisely defined or estimated and form only a small part of each individual.
The passage presents heredity as a real influence that may nevertheless be redirected, prevented, cured, or transformed through knowledge and will.
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