This means that they rely on others to live fully. Although they are born with necessities like food and shelter, their needs are best met when interacting with others. Machiavelli, on the other hand, does not believe that men need others to survive, especially princes. In fact, Machiavelli states: “Men, by nature, do not trust new things that they have not experienced themselves.” So, since men, by nature, are afraid of new things, how could they go out and interact with people they don't know? ? It would be impossible for someone who is afraid of novelty to interact with new people, so the two respective ideas cannot exist at the same time. Additionally, Plato places a lot of emphasis on the human soul and the different parts of someone's soul. Within the soul, each person has the capacity for reason, spirit, and their own personal appetites. However, Machiavelli does not directly mention humans' ability to demonstrate their own ability to reason; he believes that they can only truly show their arrogant and greedy side of their nature for a long time. Machiavelli and Plato have similar thoughts regarding the predetermination of a person, where a certain human being is chosen at birth to know what they will be or how they will act. It is how they are selected that they both disagree on. With Plato, he believes that humans are chosen at birth based on what they will be, but that they have the ability to reason and understand.