Motif
tripartite ordering of the soul and lives
tripartite_ordering_of_the_soul_and_lives
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Cosmos and Cosmology. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 5215-5257 confidence: medium
The second proof derives from three kinds of pleasure corresponding to reason, passion, and desire; desire includes avarice and sensual appetite, passion includes ambition and reputation, and reason seeks truth.
The passage maps three kinds of pleasure to reason, passion, and desire, then ranks rational, ambitious, and money-making lives.
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