Motif
music as foundation of law and order
music_as_foundation_of_law_and_order
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Civic Order and the Body Politic. 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 BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 13782-13921 confidence: high
The speaker says rulers must preserve music and gymnastic unchanged, prohibit musical innovation, and cites Damon that changes in musical modes change the fundamental laws of the state.
The passage says musical innovation endangers the whole state, that changes in musical modes change laws, and that guardians must lay the fortress foundations in music.
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