philosopher king

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hypothetical ideal ruler, trained in philosophy, who has a full understanding of the Platonic ideal of the Form of the Good, and uses this for the benefit of the state.
  2. A very wise ruler. figuratively
    — He flies much about from place to place; now at Potsdam, now at Berlin, at Charlottenburg, Reinsberg; nothing loath to run whither business calls him, and appear in public: the gazetteer world, as we noticed, which has been hitherto a most mute world, breaks out here and there into a kind of husky jubilation over the great things he is daily doing, and rejoices in the prospect of having a Philosopher King;[…]

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philosopher kings plural philosopher-king alternative

词源

The concept comes from Plato's Republic (circa 375 BCE), which considers the ideal rulers of a city state.
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