It is clear, then, that wisdom is knowledge having to do with certain principles and causes. But now, since it is this knowledge that we are seeking, we must consider the following point: of what kind of principles and of what kind of causes is wisdom the knowledge?

The soul suffers when the body is diseased or traumatized, while the body suffers when the soul is ailing.

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.

The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.

To be angry is easy. But to be angry with the right man at the right time and in the right manner, that is not easy.

These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but limited to certain functions; the king was a general and a judge, and had the control of religion The second is that of the barbarians, which is a hereditary despotic government in accordance with law. A third is the power of the so-called Aesynmete or Dictator; this is an elective tyranny. The fourth is the Lacedaemonian, which is in fact a generalship, hereditary and perpetual.

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.