Related drafts for the first, second, and third scenes

3. CITIZEN: It could only be beneficial if people like you wanted to take the lead in noble spiritual endeavors. As human beings, you would be able to speak openly to people. For although you may be superior to some in knowledge, you are connected to every human being by the foundations on which you build. You would not need to refer to hidden paths of the soul, which instead of leading to truth may only lead to error, because they rob the soul of its simple simplicity and first numb it, only to lull it into bliss with its own dreams instead of with knowledge.