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Quotation from The Republic by Plato
“Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and 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 from their evils”
The Republic, Book V, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)
Socrates states the famous condition for ending political disorder in the ideal city.
Citation: "Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and 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 from their evils" — Plato, The Republic, Book V, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id the-republic-q1)
Virtues: Prudence
