Motif
desire ruling the self
desire_ruling_the_self
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Desire, Pleasure, and Excess. 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 5132-5213 confidence: high
The tyrannical person lives amid revelries and harlotries; love is master of the house; desires require money; the son seeks or takes his parents' goods.
Love and many desires are depicted as masters that drive spending, fraud, violence, and misery.
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