Motif
purging the noble instead of the corrupt
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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 4687-4772 confidence: high
Opposition by old associates leads the tyrant to purge the state, removing high-spirited, wise, and wealthy citizens rather than the bad.
The tyrant's purgation removes the high-spirited, wise, and wealthy, unlike a physician who removes what is bad.
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