The soul of a man who is unjust but has a reputation of being just is an image of a mixed monster: "the Chimaera, Scylla, Cerberus, and certain others, a throng of them, which are said to have been may ideas grown naturally together in one."
— Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
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Date
380-360 B.C.
Metaphor
The soul of a man who is unjust but has a reputation of being just is an image of a mixed monster: "the Chimaera, Scylla, Cerberus, and certain others, a throng of them, which are said to have been may ideas grown naturally together in one."
Metaphor in Context
"By molding an image of the soul in speech so that the man who says these things will see just what he has been saying."
"What sort of image? he said. "
"One of those natures such as the tales say used to come into being in the olden times--the Chimaera, Scylla, Cerberus, and certain others, a throng of them, which are said to have been may ideas grown naturally together in one."
(p. 271, 588b-c)
"What sort of image? he said. "
"One of those natures such as the tales say used to come into being in the olden times--the Chimaera, Scylla, Cerberus, and certain others, a throng of them, which are said to have been may ideas grown naturally together in one."
(p. 271, 588b-c)
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Citation
Plato. The Republic of Plato. Second Edition. Trans. Allan Bloom. Basic Books, 1991.
Date of Entry
06/06/2005
Date of Review
03/20/2009
