Motif
guardian as saviour or destroyer of the city
guardian_as_saviour_or_destroyer_of_the_city
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Republic BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 13653-13780 confidence: medium
Socrates argues that inappropriate happiness would make guardians cease to be guardians, using examples of royal-clad husbandmen and feasting potters; he says false guardians overturn the State, while true guardians save it.
Socrates states that real guardians can give order and happiness to the State and are meant to be true saviours, while seeming guardians turn the State upside down.
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The Republic BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 13653-13780 confidence: medium
Socrates says that false guardians of laws and government turn the State upside down, while true guardians are saviours and give order and happiness to the State.
The guardians are described as having the power either to save and order the State or, if only seeming guardians, to turn it upside down.
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