  One facet of this advice that deserves emphasizing is the importance  it places on the influence of others. Plato plainly believes that  one’s living well depends upon one’s fellows and the larger culture.  This is most obvious in the case of those who cannot pursue wisdom  for themselves. They will live as well as those who lead them allow.  But even those who can pursue wisdom must first be raised well and  must later meet with tolerance, which philosophers do not often  receive. 