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Who believed that in an ideal society the government should be controlled by a class of philosopher kings?
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This was a concept espoused by the Greek philosopher Plato. Plato believed that men had to be enlightened to rule, just as sailors needed to know the sea, or physicians needed to understand medicine.
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∙ 13y agoA philosopher can rarely be made into a king but a king can certainly be made into a philosopher, thereby making him a good king. This was the central idea discussed in Plato's utopia, The Republic. Dialogue is the style of narration used wherein an 'I' appear arguing with Gloucon and many others who evidently is not Plato. Evidently the tactful Plato was in the book copying the market place dialogues of his master verbatim as the master did not find time to write any books, for the lazy he had recognized the diligent listener in Plato. It may be said that Socrates was speaking through Plato. The question and answer type bringing out of truth was Socrates' style and certainly not Plato's. So it was Socrates who believed that in an ideal society, the government should be controlled by philosopher kings. However, in the book the original ideas of the master and the student are such beautifully intermingled that to differentiate between them are needed a good learned critic's eyes.
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Who beleived that in an ideal society the government should be controlled by a class of philosopher kings?
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Who believed that government should be ruled by Philosopher Kings?
Platon was the one, he believed that knowing about how society need help and the people should ruled. Becuase philosopher were the one that had all of the qualities.
What philosopher believed that a philosopher king should govern a society?
Plato
Which philosopher believed that society should be ruled by philosopher kings?
Plato Plato
Who believed society should be ruled by philosophers?
Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher believed that a "philosopher king" would serve society well. He spelled this out in his famous book "The Republic". Plato was a critic of democracy. His view of an ideal society was a government headed by a benevolent, intelligent aristocrat, well versed in philosophy.
Who believed that in an ideal society the government should be controlled by a class of philosopher kings and why?
This was a theory of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Kings are powerful and philosophers (if they are any good) are wise, so the combination of power and wisdom should, in principle, give us the best possible government. With wisdom you know the right thing to do, and with power you are capable of doing it. So the right things get done.
Plato believed an ideal society would be governed by?
A philosopher-king
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John Locke is an English philosopher known as the Father of Liberalism. His impact on society were his theories on self-governance and how a government should serve the interests of society and not the ruling elite.
The Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau proposed that humans are naturally but are corrupted by?
Rousseau believed that human evil was caused by society.
Who belived that in an ideal society the government should be controlled by a class of philosopher kings?
In Platoâ??s â??Republicâ??, he states his belief that a country could only embody the best aspects of human social life if it was run by the best people. The best leaders make the best decisions. Therefore, he believed the best should society would either have kings become philosophers or philosophers become kings.
Did Plato believed government should create harmony in society?
True .
Progressives believed that what was bets equipped to correct the ills of society?
government
