Motif
utopian common household and state formation of children
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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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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 8401-8479 confidence: high
City of the Sun is said to resemble Plato's Republic: wives and children are common, temporary marriages are arranged by magistrates, infants are raised by mothers in public temples until age two, then educated by the State from wall paintings.
The City of the Sun is described as having wives and children in common, magistrate-arranged marriages, infants raised in public temples, and children educated by the State.
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