These, then, will be some of the features of democracy... it will be, in all likelihood, an agreeable, lawless, parti-colored commonwealth, dealing with all alike on a footing of equality, whether they be really equal or not.
PlatoYou ought not attempt to cure the eyes without the head, or the head without the body, so neither ought you attempt to cure the body without the soul.
PlatoNo man's nature is able to know what is best for the social state of man; or, knowing, always able to do what is best.
Plato