Motif
corruption through sweet pleasure
corruption_through_sweet_pleasure
A motif of the Beauty Paired with Pain and Paradox family, within the sub-family Sweetness Contaminated into Moral Corruption. 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 BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 21107-21266 confidence: high
A young man raised in a vulgar and miserly way tastes drones' honey and associates with fierce and crafty natures who provide refinements and varieties of pleasure.
The young man tastes drones' honey and then associates with figures who provide many varieties of pleasure, initiating his transformation.
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