Motif
ordered harmony of parts within a whole
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A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family Musical and part-whole models of harmony. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 2412-2454 confidence: medium
Justice and temperance are difficult to distinguish; temperance is harmony of discordant elements, while justice is perfect order in which natures and classes do their own business, with division and co-operation among citizens; justice is foundational from Plato’s point of view.
Justice is described as perfect order, division and co-operation among citizens, and a universal virtue of the whole soul; temperance is also described as harmony.
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