batch.motif.greek-plato-republic-jowett-gutenberg-l23131-l23165
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-plato-republic-jowett-gutenberg-l23131-l23165
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/republic-jowett.md
passage_locator:
label: BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX.; lines 23131-23165
start: '23131'
end: '23165'
translation: The Republic
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“In heaven... there is laid up a pattern of it... which he who desires may
behold.”"
summary: The passage describes a man who regulates wealth and honours by preserving
order in the city within himself. He may not rule in his birth-city unless divinely
called, but he will live according to the ideal city, whose pattern is said to
be laid up in heaven.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The man will not be dazzled by worldly applause or heap up riches to his own
harm.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The man is said to look at the city within himself and prevent disorder arising
from either superfluity or want.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The man regulates property, gain, and spending according to his means.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The man accepts honours likely to make him better and avoids honours likely
to disorder his life.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker says the man will be a ruler in his own city, though perhaps not
in his birth-land unless he has a divine call.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The ideal city is described as existing in idea only and not necessarily anywhere
on earth.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: A pattern of the city is said to be laid up in heaven, where one who desires
may behold it and set his own house in order.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The man will live after the manner of that city, regardless of whether it
exists in fact.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the ordered man
description: A hypothetical man who governs wealth, honours, and conduct by reference
to order within himself and to the ideal city.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: narrating speaker
description: The speaker who replies that the man will rule in his own city and
describes the heavenly pattern of the city.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: respondent
description: The interlocutor who agrees and interprets the speaker as referring
to a city founded in idea only.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: self-governor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He looks at the city within himself and regulates property, gain, spending,
and honours to avoid disorder.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: beholder of ideal pattern
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He may behold the pattern laid up in heaven and set his own house in order.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: teacher or explanatory speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speaker explains the distinction between ruling in the inner or ideal
city and ruling in the land of birth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: assenting interlocutor
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The respondent agrees and restates the meaning of the ideal city as existing
in idea only.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: city within
literal_form: the city which is within him
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: heavenly pattern of the city
literal_form: a pattern of the city laid up in heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: disorder from excess or lack
literal_form: disorder arising from superfluity or want
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: divine call
literal_form: a divine call
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Regulation of wealth and honours
summary: The ordered man avoids harmful accumulation of riches, regulates property
by his means, accepts honours that improve him, and avoids honours that disorder
his life.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Ruling in the inner or ideal city
summary: The speaker says the man will rule in his own city, though perhaps not
in his birth-land unless divinely called; the respondent identifies this as the
city founded in idea only.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Beholding the heavenly pattern
summary: The ideal city is said to have a pattern laid up in heaven; one may behold
it, set one’s house in order, and live after its manner whether or not it exists
in fact.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: inner polity as model for self-ordering
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage represents ethical conduct as looking to and preserving order
in an internal city, regulating wealth and honour accordingly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is philosophical dialogue rather than a narrative myth; the
taxonomy reference is broad.
- id: motif:2
label: heavenly archetype of an ideal city
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The ideal city is described as having a pattern laid up in heaven, which
may be beheld and used to order one’s own life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No specific mythic taxonomy item is directly named by the passage.
- id: motif:3
label: divinely authorized public rule
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The man may rule in his land of birth only if he has a divine call.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The divine call is mentioned briefly and not elaborated into a full narrative
pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 23131-23135
quote_or_summary: "“he will not allow himself to be dazzled by the foolish applause
of the world, and heap up riches to his own infinite harm”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/republic-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: 23139-23143
quote_or_summary: "“He will look at the city which is within him... no disorder...
either from superfluity or from want... regulate his property and gain or spend
according to his means.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/republic-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 23147-23150
quote_or_summary: He will accept honours that make him better and avoid private
or public honours likely to disorder his life.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/republic-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: 23154-23157
quote_or_summary: "“he will be a ruler in the city which is his own... though in
the land of his birth perhaps not, unless he have a divine call.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/republic-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 23159-23162
quote_or_summary: The respondent says the speaker means the city they founded, which
exists in idea only, and doubts that such a city exists anywhere on earth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/republic-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: 23163-23165
quote_or_summary: "“In heaven... there is laid up a pattern of it... which he who
desires may behold... he will live after the manner of that city.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/republic-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: '23165'
quote_or_summary: "“I think so, he said.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/republic-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is strong. Motif labels are cautious because the passage
is philosophical and symbolic rather than a myth narrative. No comparison claims
were made because the passage itself does not support an explicit comparison.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata; taxonomy references were limited to the available list.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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