Motif
shadow or illusion mistaken for reality
shadow_or_illusion_mistaken_for_reality
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Illusion, Daydream, and Mistaken Reality. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
-
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 5259-5329 confidence: high
“A wise man whispers to me that the pleasures of the wise are true and pure; all others are a shadow only.”
The passage repeatedly calls inferior pleasures shadows and compares conflict over them to Greeks fighting over Helen’s shadow.
read in the book →