Motif
anticipation of future life
anticipation_of_future_life
A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation family. 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 5400-5481 confidence: low
Near the end of the Republic, the pattern in heaven replaces the city of philosophers on earth; the distant kingdom is also the rule of human life, prepares for future life, and the political ideal is realized in the individual.
The passage says the final note prepares for the revelation of a future life in the following book.
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