Sentences with phrase «into philosopher kings»

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By contrast, those responsible for ruling, the «philosopher kings,» were to be «cultured» in a way that formed in them the «philosophical virtue» that was grounded in knowledge of the Good itself and not, as were the guardians» virtues, simply trained into them by custom and practice.

But God does elbow his way into King's America — it wouldn't be a recognizable America if he didn't — and when he appears it isn't as a distant, half - glimpsed presence, a philosopher's God or the wan deity of wistful almost - believers.

We rebel against not only tyranny but the Platonic idea of «philosopher - kings» — persons groomed from youth, told they are crafted from precious metals, and guided into positions of power and lives of advantage.