Motif
metal ages transformed into coexisting human natures
metal_ages_transformed_into_coexisting_human_natures
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family World Ages and Historical Cycles. 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 1996-2074 confidence: high
Ancient poetry described successive gold, silver, brass, and iron ages; Plato instead has such differences in human natures coexist in one state.
The passage contrasts ancient poetry's successive metal ages with Plato's simultaneous gold, silver, brass, and iron differences within one state.
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