There may be other variables at play but, all things being equal, similarity does not breed contempt.

可能有其他因素发挥作用,但是，如果所有因素都一样，如果两个人相似，就不会轻视对方。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Now, here's another document that you want to be aware of that gives you some idea of what the Greeks fairly early thought the polis was for and about, and what the relationship between individual and polis was.

现在,这有另一份你们应该注意的材料,它能让你了解一些早期希腊人,是如何认识城邦的作用和本质,以及个人与城邦之间的关系的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选