Alexandre Koyré

 ...the message of Socrates that reaches out to us across the centuries, is pregnant with timely significance for us. Watch out, he warns us. See to the education of the city, of its future citizens, of its future governors. Do not restrict yourselves to training them for a specific job, trade or function: moral eduction, respect of truth, devotion to the city, is what makes good citizens. Never forget that friendship and the spirit of helpful cooperation form the link that holds the city together and constitutes its force. 

                                          ~Discovering Plato, 110-111.