Motif
life as race ending in crown or disgrace
life_as_race_ending_in_crown_or_disgrace
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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1 traditions
greek
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The Republic BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 24190-24303 confidence: medium
The clever unjust are compared to runners who begin well but fail at the end and leave without a crown; the just are compared to a true runner who reaches the finish, receives the prize, is crowned, and gains good report.
The just and unjust are compared to runners, with the just finishing and receiving prize and crown while the unjust end foolishly without a crown.
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