Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Social disorder expressed as litigation and disease

social_disorder_expressed_as_litigation_and_disease

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.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Republic PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III.; lines 12964-13082 confidence: medium

    When intemperance and diseases multiply in a state, halls of justice and medicine open; reliance on outside physicians and judges is treated as disgraceful for those claiming liberal education.

    The multiplication of intemperance and disease in the state is followed by the opening of courts and medical institutions and by dependence on judges and physicians.

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