Plato, Laws 782d

πάντων ἀπεχόμενοι. καὶ σφόδρα λεγόμενά τʼ εἴρηκας καὶ πιστεύεσθαι πιθανά. πρὸς οὖν δὴ τί ταῦτα, εἴποι τις ἄν, ὑμῖν πάντʼ ἐρρήθη τὰ νῦν; ὀρθῶς ὑπέλαβες, ὦ ξένε. καὶ τοίνυν, ἐὰν δύνωμαι, τὰ τούτοις ἑξῆς, ὦ Κλεινία, πειράσομαι φράζειν. λέγοις ἄν. ὁρῶ πάντα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐκ τριττῆς χρείας καὶ ἐπιθυμίας ἠρτημένα, διʼ ὧν ἀρετή τε αὐτοῖς ἀγομένοις ὀρθῶς

contrariwise, abstaining wholly from things animate. Certainly what you say is widely reported and easy to credit. Someone might ask us— For what purpose have you now said all this? A correct surmise, Stranger. So I will try, if I can, Clinias, to explain the subject which comes next in order. Say on. I observe that with men all things depend on a threefold need and desire, wherein if they proceed rightly,