Motif
Unity through shared joy and sorrow
unity_through_shared_joy_and_sorrow
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.
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greek
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The Republic BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V.; lines 15994-16145 confidence: high
The speakers ask after the greatest good and evil in a State, identify discord and plurality as evil, unity as good, and define unity through a community of pleasures and pains and common use of ‘mine’ and ‘not mine.’
The best State is defined by common pleasures and pains, with all citizens glad or grieved over the same events.
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