Motif
tyranny as disease or death of government
tyranny_as_disease_or_death_of_government
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Political Degeneration and Regime Sequences. 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 4309-4393 confidence: high
The four notable inferior constitutions are Lacedaemonian or Cretan, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny; tyranny is the disease or death of government; States are of flesh and blood, so five States correspond to five human natures.
Tyranny is explicitly described as the disease or death of all government.
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