Book V, 473c-d
The famous 'third wave': philosophers must become kings or kings philosophers.
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From The Republic by Plato
Plato's central political thesis: cities will have no rest from evils until philosophers rule or rulers genuinely philosophize.
Book VI, 484a-487a
Argument that philosophers, as lovers of truth, are best fit to rule.
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Response to Adeimantus on why philosophers appear useless or corrupt in actual cities.
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