Motif
Distance from truth by degrees
distance_from_truth_by_degrees
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Republic BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 23365-23487 confidence: medium
The tragic poet is called an imitator and said to be 'thrice removed from the king and from the truth.'
The tragic poet and Homeric imitator are described as removed from truth by second or third removes.
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