Motif
giving each person what is due
giving_each_person_what_is_due
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Justice, Mercy, and Judicial Procedure. 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 INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. / THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I.; lines 8895-9111 confidence: high
Socrates discusses returning a deposit of gold, enemy debts, and Simonides' dark saying that justice gives each person what is proper, termed a debt.
The passage states that justice is interpreted as giving each person what is proper to him and treating that as a debt.
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