An idea from The Republic

Justice turns out to have been lying at their feet. Wisdom sits with the rulers, courage with the soldiers, and self-control in everyone agreeing who should rule. What remains is the first rule: “one man should practise one thing only, the thing to which his nature was best adapted”.

From The Republic by Plato

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