Averroes' Paraphrase of Plato's Republic

It was furthermore shown in that part that no one can attain all these virtues, or if it could be done, it would be most difficult; yet they can often be found in many and various men. Moreover, no one will obtain any of these virtues perfectly without the work and help of other men. For this reason, each one uses the help of another to attain the virtue he has proposed for himself; and therefore, he is by nature civil. But he also uses it to acquire the rest of the things necessary for life, which are in some way common to men and other living beings, such as seeking food, clothing, and dwelling places, and (to state the matter briefly) everything that the faculty of desiring and living in man demands. And since this necessity is found in many ways, namely, either where there is no escape—as it is impossible for any man alone to obtain those things which are necessarily required for food, clothing, and dwellings—or that which provides convenience for the thing: as if I were to say, it is possible for any man to live without tilling the earth or sowing grain, but he who does these things will live more conveniently. Or it will be done for the sake of protection or of better standing: as if someone from tender years has chosen some art in which he has been occupied for a longer time, the work of that person in such an art will be more excellent.
whether man is by nature [civil/social]