Motif
healing of the fallen soul
healing_of_the_fallen_soul
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family, within the sub-family Soul Loss as Illness and Therapeutic Restoration. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Republic BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 23653-23817 confidence: medium
After the dice have been thrown, one should order affairs as reason deems best, not howl like a fallen child, but apply a remedy and healing art to what is sickly and fallen.
The passage uses an image of applying a remedy, raising what is sickly and fallen, and banishing sorrow by healing art.
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