Commentary on the First Alcibiades of Plato (Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.5.27)

to bind it; because it is not self-moving, it was not able to do this. But it would have looked toward another eye. And it would not have looked at just any part of it, but at that which has been entrusted with the faculty of vision, which is also called the "pupil." For this reason, images appear in it. In the same way, you, Alcibiades, since you have filled the self-moving element in you by abandoning yourself to three irrational activities, look toward me, that is, the Socratic soul. And do not look at just any part of it, but at its most acute part. And you will see in me intellect and god. By saying "look toward me," we have indicated that the scope is to know oneself politically. By saying "not at just any part," we imply the purgative, for it is the work of the highest part of the soul to purge itself. By saying "you will see in me intellect," we imply the contemplative, for it is appropriate for the contemplative to engage with things according to the intellect. And by saying "and god," we imply the ecstatic original: "ἐνθεοσιαστικῶς", for according to the divine within us, we are ecstatic, being simple, just as the divine itself is. For this reason, even children and those who spend their time in the fields, being naive and simple,