Dialogue Between Aeschylus and Plato

Plato: Cities and their functioning are just like individuals and their functioning system, wouldn't you agree?

Aeschylus: I can agree with you up to a certain point. Individuals' functioning system can be assimilated to that of human groups before they organized in tribes.

P: If I understand correctly what you are saying, tribes did not function under the same laws as individuals?

Your understanding is correct, my opinion is that tribes were not governed at all, and that they functioned based on the characteristics of his leader, the most powerful of individuals. Most often, these characteristics are based on heroism.

P: You cannot believe that groups of people were simply governed by heroism! I can agree with you that heroism is one of the characteristics of great leaders, but it is far from being sufficient for governing a tribe or a city!

A: So, in...
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