Motif
Love as inner tyrant
love_as_inner_tyrant
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. 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 VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX.; lines 21842-21983 confidence: high
“of old love has been called a tyrant”
The passage says Love has been called a tyrant and describes Love as lord of the inner house ordering all the concerns of the soul.
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