Obviously the state itself corresponds to the trunk, and the junior guardians, chosen for their natural gifts and the acuteness of their mental vision, live as it were at the summit and survey the whole state; they store up in their memory all the sensations they receive while on guard, and act as reporters for their elder colleagues of everything that takes place in the state; and the old men we could compare them to the intellect, for their high wisdom in so many vital questions take advantage of the assistance and advice of their juniors in debating policy, so that the joint efforts of both ranks