 | Erich Fromm - 1990 - 278 ページ
...human, that is, takes care of the full human development of all its members. The MoraJ Problem of Today Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes...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... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 ページ
...one must have lived for it and been long prepared. Only a philosopher-king is fit to guide a nation. "Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes...world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and wisdom and political leadership meet in the same man, . . . cities will never cease from ill, nor the... | |
 | Edward LeRoy Long Jr. - 1992 - 250 ページ
...expression to such a conviction in a memorable passage in the fifth book of The Republic, when he wrote: Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes...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... | |
 | Stanley Aronowitz - 1993 - 302 ページ
...embarrassed by his own reference, Lippmann turns to Plato's words in book V of The Republic as his epigraph: "Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes...philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one . . . cities will never cease from ill — no, nor the human race."17 For Lippmann, Socrates' decision... | |
 | Teresa Whitfield - 1994 - 536 ページ
...things to do with his time.6 Ellacurfa was fond of quoting Plato's observation in The Republic that "until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes...this world have the spirit and power of philosophy . . . cities will never have rest from their evils — no, nor the human race."7 But it was in the... | |
 | Daniel N. Robinson - 1995 - 390 ページ
...the Republic becomes a manifesto of the discontented and disaffected who will give up on this world, [u]ntil philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes...wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside. (Republic, Book V, 473) To... | |
 | Nick Ligidakis - 1997 - 356 ページ
...I am happy that I had used both courage and wisdom to make my decision. story continued on page 261 Until philosophers are kings or the kings and princes...wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other compelled to stand aside, cities and human race will never... | |
 | Thomas D. Lynch - 1997 - 506 ページ
...High Nineteenth Century Conservative Low Low Low Twentieth Century Conservative Part I Premodern PLATO Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes...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 rest from... | |
 | Alfred H. Knight - 1998 - 294 ページ
...glad to 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...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... | |
 | Nicholas D. Smith - 1998 - 370 ページ
...heart 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...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... | |
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