Motif
animal nature corrupted by training instruments
animal_nature_corrupted_by_training_instruments
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Civic Order and the Body Politic. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER VIII. / JOINED TOES. / CHAPTER IX. / HORSES' HOOFS.; lines 4140-4251 confidence: high
Poh Loh says he understands horse management, then brands, clips, pares, halters, shackles, stables, hungers, thirsts, trots, gallops, grooms, trims, bridles, and whips horses, causing many deaths.
Horses shift from natural behaviors to death, vicious looks, biting, resistance, and bit/bridle manipulation after the imposition of control devices and training.
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