Motif
Civic evil as uncontrolled fire
civic_evil_as_uncontrolled_fire
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Destructive and Weaponized Fire. 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 BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 20975-21105 confidence: medium
“The evil blazes up like a fire”; the passage says they will not extinguish it.
The evil in the State is described as blazing up like a fire that rulers do not extinguish.
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