Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

education as an indelible imprint

education_as_an_indelible_imprint

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

  • The Republic BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 14244-14387 confidence: high

    Dyers select and prepare white wool so that sea-purple dye becomes a fast colour not removed by washing or lyes; poorly prepared ground gives a washed-out appearance.

    The passage compares lawful education to dyeing prepared wool so that opinions about danger become fixed and cannot be washed away by passions.

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