Motif
Ordered soul as ordered city
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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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1 traditions
greek
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 2519-2584 confidence: high
The passage says firm ground has been reached and infers that virtues of the State and of the individual are the same, naming wisdom, courage, and justice.
The passage repeatedly aligns State and individual soul, assigning classes and soul-parts their own functions and virtues.
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