Motif
self-mastery versus inner tyranny
self_mastery_versus_inner_tyranny
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 5215-5257 confidence: high
The miserable man in public station is master of others but not himself; his fearful, jealous, hateful, faithless, and unrighteous temper worsens with command.
The passage opposes a just man who is master of himself to an unjust man who is tyrant of himself and his State.
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