Motif
ordered decline from ideal order to tyranny
ordered_decline_from_ideal_order_to_tyranny
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Political Degeneration and Regime Sequences. 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 165-251 confidence: medium
The State is said to be hard to realize and quickly degenerates from the perfect ideal through honor-loving rule, democracy, and tyranny; when the wheel has come full circle, the sequence ends at the worst rather than beginning anew.
The passage summarizes a regular sequence in which the perfect ideal declines through forms of government from best to worst.
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