Motif
construction of an ideal commonwealth
construction_of_an_ideal_commonwealth
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 165-251 confidence: high
The argument of the Republic is summarized as the search after Justice, moving through Cephalus, Socrates, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus, Glaucon, and Adeimantus, until justice reappears in the ideal State constructed by Socrates.
The passage describes justice reappearing in an ideal State constructed by Socrates and a higher State ruled by philosophers with communal arrangements and lifelong education.
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