Motif
inner division of the soul
inner_division_of_the_soul
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family The divided soul and self-conflict. 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 I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 14545-14687 confidence: high
The State was just when its three classes did their own work; the individual is assumed to have the same three principles in the soul.
The passage asks whether learning, anger, and appetite are performed by different principles within the soul and uses contradiction tests to distinguish parts.
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