Motif
threefold distance from truth
threefold_distance_from_truth
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.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Republic BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 23489-23651 confidence: medium
Three arts are distinguished: use, making, and imitation. The user has greatest experience; the flute-player knows and instructs the flute-maker, who gains correct belief.
The passage identifies three arts—use, making, and imitation—and says imitation is concerned with what is thrice removed from truth.
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The Republic BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 23489-23651 confidence: medium
“Imitation is only a kind of play or sport” and is “concerned with that which is thrice removed from the truth.”
Socrates explicitly describes imitation as concerned with what is thrice removed from truth.
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