Motif
Fourfold sacred inspiration
fourfold_sacred_inspiration
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Inspired Speech and Eloquence. 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 154-206 confidence: high
Socrates begins by glorifying madness and divides it into divination or prophecy, purification by mysteries, poetry inspired by the Muses, and love; the passage compares parts of this discussion to Cratylus, Io, and Ion.
The passage lists divination, mystery purification, poetic inspiration, and love as four forms of madness.
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