Motif
justice and injustice arising in social dealings
justice_and_injustice_arising_in_social_dealings
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Justice, Mercy, and Judicial Procedure. 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. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 10980-11113 confidence: high
Socrates asks whether the State is matured and where justice and injustice arose; Adeimantus suggests they are probably in the dealings of citizens with one another.
The passage explicitly asks where justice and injustice spring up and tentatively locates them in dealings among citizens.
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