Motif
Four ages of the world
four_ages_of_the_world
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
greek
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 6419-6504 confidence: high
The passage mentions the myth of earth-born men, the four ages of the world, Hesiod and the poets, the old Greek polis, and Plato's vision of a city in the clouds.
The passage explicitly notes an allusion to four ages of the world sanctioned by Hesiod and the poets.
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sikh
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The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Vol. 1 CHAPTER VII / GURU NANAK, THE FOUNDER OF THE SIKH RELIGION / SIKH I P. I / Chapter I; lines 3691-3898 confidence: high
God made the four Veds, four sources of life, and four ages; God’s shadow is over everything; doubt is His doing; those favoured by Him meet the Guru.
God is said to make the four ages, and later to make the four ages His chaupar board; the note names the Sat, Treta, Dwapar, and Kal ages.
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