Motif
chosen destiny and moral responsibility
chosen_destiny_and_moral_responsibility
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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 VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 24427-24481 confidence: high
“Mortal souls, behold a new cycle of life and mortality”; the speech says the souls will choose their genius, the first lot gives first choice, the chosen life becomes destiny, and responsibility rests with the chooser.
The proclamation states that the soul chooses its genius and life, that the chosen life becomes destiny, and that responsibility lies with the chooser.
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