Because Plato argues that a government should be led by the people most qualified to make good decisions.
Plato thought that power should be in the hands of philosophers. In that way, he thought that philosophers should be responsible for deciding what the young ones are learning.
Plato believed in a form of aristocracy, not rule by the nobility, but rule by the best. Plato believed philosophers should rule because they are enlightened with regard to reality, truth, and goodness. In the Republic Plato states "Philosophers must be kings".
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At the top were Philosophers (or kings), Guardians, and Workers. He thought philosophers should have been kings because they were the ones with most knowledge.
Plato thought that power should be in the hands of philosophers. In that way, he thought that philosophers should be responsible for deciding what the young ones are learning.
Philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle,Phidias - the greatest sculptor and Pericles a great leader were from this golden age of Athens.
Plato believed in a form of aristocracy, not rule by the nobility, but rule by the best. Plato believed philosophers should rule because they are enlightened with regard to reality, truth, and goodness. In the Republic Plato states "Philosophers must be kings".
Aristotle, Socrates or Plato should do the trick.
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Because Plato said so.
Both were Greek philosophers. Plato taught Aristotle.
At the top were Philosophers (or kings), Guardians, and Workers. He thought philosophers should have been kings because they were the ones with most knowledge.
Yes.
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