Faction
idea · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
faction · enmity · noise of faction · stasis · strife · variance
in the texts
Orations
Civic discord and rivalry, treated as the destructive opposite of concord
I wish to divide my discourse and first to speak of concord itself in general — of what nature it is and of what things it is the cause — distinguishing on the opposite side faction and enmity from friendship;
And yet a great and populous city, in faction and ill-minded, can for some time bear its misfortune;
On the Peace
Internal political division that disrupts attention to the city's interests.
Nevertheless, although this is so, I have come forward in the belief and confidence that, if you will consent to still the noise of faction and listen with the attention that befits men who are debating the most important interests of the state, I shall be able to offer you advice which will ameliorate our present condition and redeem our past losses.