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1 " When two people fall in love, they not only give up their genuine authority over their own lives, but also, they become mutual authorities of the collective life that they build together. "
― Abhijit Naskar , Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy (Humanism Series)
2 " 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. "
― Rebecca Goldstein , Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
