Participation in the collective life of the polis both restrains the extraordinary individual and enlarges the ordinary individual, allowing him to participate in the extraordinary. An individual can achieve participatory excellence via the accomplishments of the polis and need not always be caught up in the agnostic struggle to outdo his peers.

Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away (ed. Pantheon, 2014) - ISBN: 9780307908872