Motif
single passion possessing the whole person
single_passion_possessing_the_whole_person
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. 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 4774-4869 confidence: medium
The passage describes an ethical gradation from reason in the ideal state, to courage and honor in timocracy, to love of gain, to democratic free play of passions, ending when one monster passion possesses the whole nature of man.
The passage says tyranny occurs when one monster passion takes possession of the whole nature of man.
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