Motif
Captivity mistaken for ultimate attainment
captivity_mistaken_for_ultimate_attainment
A motif of the Mystical Quest and Interior Journey family. 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 XI. / ON LETTING ALONE. / CHAPTER XII. / THE UNIVERSE.; lines 5542-5631 confidence: high
Yang and Mih are said to regard these fetters as the summum bonum; the speaker rejects this and compares it to saying caged pigeons and owls have attained the summum bonum.
Those fettered by likes, dislikes, sounds, colours, and status display are compared to caged birds, a bound prisoner, and caged predators who might absurdly claim the summum bonum.
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