man is by nature designed to live in the polis, the highest form of koinonia, community; that is man's end or goal if he achieves the full potentiality of his nature.
Moses FinleyIdeal goals are a menace in themselves, as much in more modern philosophers as in Plato.
Moses FinleyIf I had to choose one which best characterized the condition of being a political leader in Athens, the word would be "tension".
Moses Finley