Full Idea
Men of the highest calibre avoid political life completely.
Gist of Idea
Men of the highest calibre avoid political life completely
Source
Kongzi (Confucius) (The Analects (Lunyu) [c.511 BCE], XIV.37)
Book Reference
Confucius: 'The Sayings of Confucius', ed/tr. Ware,James R. [Mentor 1955], p.95
A Reaction
Plato notes that such people tend to avoid political life (and a left sheltering, as if from a wild storm!), but he thinks they should be dragged into the political arena for the common good. Confucius seems to approve of the avoidance. Plato is right.