Motif
ordered society through division of labor
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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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The Republic THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 10813-10978 confidence: high
The city is imagined as supplying demand through a husbandman, builder, weaver, shoemaker, and other purveyors of bodily wants.
The passage describes diverse natures, specialized occupations, and the growth of the State through workers who each perform one suitable task.
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