Plato studies the political decline of his homeland so deeply that he manages to reach conclusions that concern not only the specific case that was the starting point of his research, but the entire Greek nation and, more broadly, all of humanity. By examining the present, he reaches a universal depth and becomes the quintessential human sculptor, because he is naturally endowed with the deep gaze that allows him to discern the stable and general within the specific case. For this reason, every era and every nation saw in Plato a magnificent guide, capable of leading them through the harsh pressure of reality to a more comfortable and brighter level of civic life.