Philosophical concept
Philosopher ruler
The philosopher ruler joins political power to knowledge of the good so the city is not governed by ambition alone.
- Works
- 1
- Passages
- 278
- Thinkers
- 1
- Traditions
- 1
Understand uses of the concept
The philosopher ruler joins political power to knowledge of the good so the city is not governed by ambition alone.
In the current corpus, this annotation connects 278 passages across 1 works, including Republic. These links provide inspectable points of comparison; they do not assume that every author uses the concept in the same sense.
Lexical variants: philosophe roi, philosopher king, philosopher ruler, philosophers rule
Works where the concept is identified
- RepublicPlato · 278 passages