Motif
dependent motion through hidden causes
dependent_motion_through_hidden_causes
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer TRANSCENDENTAL BLISS. / B.C. 1766. / CHAPTER II. / THE IDENTITY OF CONTRARIES.; lines 1931-2013 confidence: medium
Penumbra asks Umbra why he alternates between movement, rest, sitting, and rising; Umbra replies that he depends on something else, which depends on something else, and compares this to a snake's scales or cicada's wings.
Umbra explains his changes as dependent on another cause, and that cause on another, using snake's scales and cicada's wings as analogies.
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