Motif
Founding of a community from mutual need
founding_of_a_community_from_mutual_need
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Civic Order and the Body Politic. 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 1336-1415 confidence: medium
Plato traces mutual need and division of labor in an imaginary small community; the community grows through imports, exports, exchange, retailers, and a market-place into the first or primitive State.
The passage describes an imaginary community of a few citizens growing through division of labor, exchange, and market institutions into a primitive State.
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