Motif
measure and limit as ethical good
measure_and_limit_as_ethical_good
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 / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 923-1012 confidence: medium
The passage says the good as finite is Hellenic; limit becomes ethical and has mythological expression in envy; measure, equality, order, unity, and proportion remain moral terms.
The passage presents the good as finite and associates moral and aesthetic value with measure, equality, order, unity, and proportion.
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