Motif
Body as model for collective order
body_as_model_for_collective_order
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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greek
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The Republic BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V.; lines 15994-16145 confidence: high
The best-ordered State is said to approach the condition of an individual body, where a hurt finger causes the whole frame to feel the hurt and sympathize with the affected part.
The State is analogized to an individual body whose whole frame feels pain in an injured part.
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