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
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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.
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