Motif
Heavenly model for earthly order
heavenly_model_for_earthly_order
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Revealed Command and Divine Authorization. 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 The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 3432-3506 confidence: medium
When higher natures are corrupted by politics, lower ones take philosophy's place; citizens are hostile because they do not know philosophy and have encountered only lifeless imitation, not the ideal figure communing with the Eternal.
The passage names the heavenly pattern or idea of the state and describes a philosophical figure seeking to frame the state in the image of communion with the Eternal.
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