Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Proper function and boundary maintenance

proper_function_and_boundary_maintenance

A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Household, Ritual, and Boundary Breaches. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Republic BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 14389-14543 confidence: high

    “justice was doing one’s own business, and not being a busybody”

    Justice is defined as doing one’s own work, while class interchange and meddling are called ruinous to the state.

    read in the book