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Full Idea
The wise man participates in political life, especially in the sort of governments which show some moral progress.
Gist of Idea
Wise men participate in politics, especially if it shows moral progress
Source
report of Stoic school (fragments/reports [c.200 BCE]) by John Stobaeus - Anthology 2.11b
Book Ref
'The Stoics Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B/Gerson,L.P. [Hackett 2008], p.140
A Reaction
Nowadays this would probably involve belonging to a political party which offered moral progress.