Motif
Internal division destroys strength
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A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. 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 The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 837-921 confidence: medium
“A house that is divided against itself cannot stand”; the passage also says Thrasymachus perspired and blushed, and that injustice requires a remnant of justice for united action.
The passage states that a divided house cannot stand, quarrelling men weaken each other, and a person at war with himself is enemy of himself and the gods.
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