ἀνομία

anomia

lawlessness, lawless conduct

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Minos 2
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314d1
314d4
Republic 2
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Book VI 1
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496d9
Book IX 1
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575a2
Alcibiades II 1
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146b2
Letters 1
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336b5
Statesman 1
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Chapter ?

291e2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνομία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. lawlessness, lawless conduct, opp. δικαιοσύνη, Hdt. 1.96,97; ἀ. νόμων κρατεῖ E. IA 1095 (lyr.); ἀ. ἀμύνειν Antipho 4.1.7; ἀ. ὀφλισκάνειν E. Ion 443; ἀντὶ αὐτονομίας . . εἰς ἀνομίας ἐμπίπτειν Isoc. 6.64, cf. Plu. 2.755b; ζῆν ἐν πάσῃ ἀναρχίᾳ καὶ ἀ. Pl. R. 575a. 2. the negation of law, opp. νόμος, D. 24.152.

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