The Republic, by Plato. Part III.
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The Three Principles of the State
I said that in each of us there are the same principles and habits which there are in the state, and that from the individual they pass into the state. Take the quality of passion or spirit: They would be ridiculous to imagine that this quality, when found in states, is not derived from individuals who are supposed to possess it. For example, the Thracians, the Scythians, and in general, the Northern nations,. The love of knowledge may also be attributed to the Phoenicians and Egyptians. And therefore, whatever this contradiction occurs in things apparently the same, we know that they are really not the same, but different.
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