Cairetw,

We cannot overlook the sense of morality that the Greeks linked with what we call politics. The initial elusive terms Virtue-Prudence and Faith-Unity became sacral and divine identities. The best government and polis as government’s result will be the one that support the above-mentioned qualities.

In the Spartiatic training (agwgh), prudence introduced an immense importance social character. The future citizen must learn to control his/her desires, feelings and instincts. The Spartan training had as a main goal the test of the self-control. This prudence can be an element known and usable for every individual as a base of his/her relationship with the other individuals, a good example, which purely shows what is a political being (politiko on).

I was that specific self-control, which can lead citizens away from the unscrupulousness and stiffness of the “popular” man and the arrogant attitude of the aristocrats.

Yours,

Nikolaos Cleomenes