Motif
Community of goods or common property as ideal order
community_of_goods_or_common_property_as_ideal_order
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 / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 6506-6592 confidence: high
The first paradox is named as the community of goods, seemingly confined to the guardians, though the passage says the omission of other classes may not be significant.
The passage identifies community of goods as Plato's first paradox and compares it with ancient communal landholding and early Christian common property.
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