Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

civic order mirrored in the individual

civic_order_mirrored_in_the_individual

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.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Republic BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 14994-15155 confidence: high

    Justice in the individual is said not to differ from justice found in the State.

    The passage states that justice in the individual is the same as in the State and links division of labor to each part doing its own work.

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