Motif
decline from ideal order into timocratic militarism
decline_from_ideal_order_into_timocratic_militarism
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Political Degeneration and Regime Sequences. 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 6352-6417 confidence: medium
“To the Spartan type the ideal State reverts in the first decline,” and the individual timocrat is said to be borrowed from the Spartan citizen.
The passage says the ideal State reverts to the Spartan type in its first decline and that the individual timocrat is borrowed from the Spartan citizen.
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