Motif
refusal of returning evil for evil
refusal_of_returning_evil_for_evil
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Justice, Mercy, and Judicial Procedure. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 668-755 confidence: high
Socrates asks what Simonides meant; Polemarchus explains that justice means doing what is proper: good to friends and harm to enemies, including alliances with one and war against the other.
The discussion moves from helping friends and harming enemies to the conclusion that the just do not return evil for evil.
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