Motif
community founded from human need
community_founded_from_human_need
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 THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 10813-10978 confidence: high
A State is said to arise from human needs: no one is self-sufficient, and many people are needed to supply many wants.
The State is imagined as arising because humans lack self-sufficiency, have many wants, and gather helpers into one habitation.
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