Motif
one virtue contrasted with many vices
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A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Republic BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 15157-15248 confidence: high
The argument is said to have reached a height, like a tower of speculation, from which one may see that virtue is one and vice has innumerable forms, with four special ones worth noting.
The argument states that virtue is one while forms of vice are innumerable, with four special forms marked for attention.
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