...give the more burdensome portions of it back. More than two thousand years ago, Plato wrote: "Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of...philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one . . . cities will never have rest from their evils — no, nor the human race, as I believe — and...

...soul of the earlier doctrine. The central thesis of the Republic is the rule of philosophy. "Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of...this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, cities will never have rest from their evils" (473d). Zeller maintained that this doctrine is not found...

...leaves you in a different state of mind. No. 8 SOCRATES In PLATO'S REPUBLIC Until philosophers become kings, or the kings and princes of this world have...and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, states...

...friends and not many enemies. Republic -.Book 4, 423, 132-133. -» See DiSRAELi:2. 8 [Socrates]: Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of...wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest...

...whether the just man is happy or unhappy. . . . BOOK V in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils, — no, nor the human race, as I believe — and then only will this our...

...a political inquiry, as it is in Plato. In his work, The Republic in Book 5, Plato expounds: "Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of...wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest...

...through recognition of their fitness to govern. "Until philosophers are kings," he wrote in the Republic, "or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit...political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those common natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, critics...

...shall be closed to women because they are women. It may seem impracticable, but Plato concluded: "Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of...this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, . . . cities will never cease from ill, nor the human race." In old age he had not lost the ardor for...

...mankind,23 provided that the king is also devoted to higher aims. In Socrates's famous words: Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of...wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either 22 'The Supreme good, beauty, bliss and wisdom are, as it were, the essence of God. The...

...06-43 BC) "/ think that there might be a reform of the state if only one change were made . . . until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of...philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one. . . cities will never have rest from their evils." Plato (428-348 BC) "Everyone thinks chiefly of his...