Motif
Selective breeding for civic improvement
selective_breeding_for_civic_improvement
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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greek
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 6746-6822 confidence: high
The passage says Plato treats the family as the natural enemy of the state, hopes for universal brotherhood, removes sentiment from sexual connections, directs marriage to improvement of the race, and compares selection of humans to breeding animals.
The passage says Republic marriage arrangements aim at improvement of the race and compares this to selecting the best animals for breeding.
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