Motif
divine judgment of a cultural invention
divine_judgment_of_a_cultural_invention
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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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Phaedrus Phaedrus / PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION.; lines 376-455 confidence: medium
“There is an old Egyptian tale of Theuth, the inventor of writing... to the god Thamus...”
In the Egyptian tale, Theuth presents writing as an invention to Thamus, who judges it harmful to memory and understanding.
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