Motif
hidden evils creeping into the city
hidden_evils_creeping_into_the_city
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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 BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 13653-13780 confidence: medium
Socrates calls wealth and poverty new evils to be watched against: wealth produces luxury and indolence, poverty produces meanness and viciousness, and both produce discontent.
Socrates describes wealth and poverty as evils that will creep into the city unobserved unless the guardians watch against them.
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