Motif
Community of spouses and children replacing private kinship
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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 6746-6822 confidence: high
“The first wave having been passed, we proceed to the second—community of wives and children. ‘Is it possible? Is it desirable?’”
The passage identifies the second issue as community of wives and children and describes Plato’s desire for universal brotherhood to replace private interests.
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