Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

compromise between opposing extremes

compromise_between_opposing_extremes

A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Republic THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 10362-10458 confidence: medium

    Justice is described as a mean or compromise between doing injustice without punishment and suffering injustice without retaliation, tolerated as a lesser evil because people cannot freely do injustice.

    Justice is described as a mean or compromise between the best condition, doing injustice without punishment, and the worst condition, suffering injustice without retaliation.

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