Rebecca Goldstein Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. February 23, 1950
Birthday: February 23
Participation in the collective life of the polis both restrains the extraordinary individual and enlarges the ordinary individual, allowing him to participate in the extraordinary. An individual can achieve participatory excellence via the accomplishments of the polis and need not always be caught up in the agnostic struggle to outdo his peers.
topic: Struggle, Accomplishment, Excellence, Polis
