Comparative mythology corpus

Body Politic As Diseased Body

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek The Republic BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 20975-21105 high A diseased body is used as an analogy for a weak State: slight external provocation or internal commotion can bring illness; factions introduce oligarchical or democratical allies, and the State falls sick and becomes at war with herself. record