Motif
Golden Age of natural virtue without moral names
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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.
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER XI. / ON LETTING ALONE. / CHAPTER XII. / THE UNIVERSE.; lines 5424-5540 confidence: high
The Golden Age is described as lacking conspicuous goodness or ability; rulers were beacons, people were free as wild deer, and virtue was practiced without conscious labels or transmitted traces.
The Golden Age is described as a time when rulers were mere beacons, people were free as wild deer, and uprightness, love, loyalty, honesty, and free action occurred without conscious moral categories or records.
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