 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...  Ethics - Page 130by John Dewey, James Hayden Tufts - 1908 - 618 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Helen Wodehouse - Education - 1924 - 246 pages
...future. ' Until philosophers are kings,' said Plato, ' or till kings have the spirit of philosophy, cities will never have rest from their evils — no, nor the human race.' 1 Quintilian writes : ' Not 1 Republic, V, 473. that I should wish the orator to be a philosopher,... | |
 | Richard Winn Livingstone - English literature - 1924 - 474 pages
...rulers of this world have the spirit of philosophy, until political power and wisdom are united, until those commoner natures, who pursue either to the exclusion of the other, stand aside, states will never have rest from their evils — no, nor, I believe, will the human race... | |
 | William Sumner Appleton Pott - Confucianism - 1925 - 139 pages
...actual enthronement of the principle of intelligence. "Until philosophers are kings," he declares, "or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit...stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils—no, nor the human race, as I believe—and then only will this our state have a possibility... | |
 | Robert Henry Murray - Political science - 1926 - 458 pages
...limit the size of the State. If he carries out these four functions, the ideal will become the real. "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." The tyrant, of course, will not carry out the four functions... | |
 | Horace West Household - Greece - 1928 - 200 pages
...the wave break and drown me in laughter and dishonour; and do you mark my words. Proceed. I said : Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power cf philosophy , and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue... | |
 | Latin America - 1928 - 342 pages
...the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, December 26-29, 1924. "Until philosophers are kings, or kings and princes of this world have the spirit and...stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils—no, nor the human race, as I believe—and then only will this our state have a possibility... | |
 | Benjamin Harrison Lehman - Heroes - 1928 - 226 pages
...careful not to fall into a consideration of pure politics. The famous sentence reads: Until, then, philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of...wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who follow either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never cease from... | |
 | Emory Stephen Bogardus - Social Science - 1928 - 698 pages
...believe in the tale, and their sons' sons, and posterity after them. (415 AD) KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes...political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those common natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities... | |
 | Benjamin Harrison Lehman - Heroes - 1928 - 226 pages
...politics. The famous sentence reads: Until, then, philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes 9f this world have the spirit and power of philosophy,...wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who follow either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never cease from... | |
 | Emory Stephen Bogardus - Social psychology - 1928 - 680 pages
...the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those common natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the...stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils,—no, nor the human race, as I believe,—and then only will this our state have a possibility... | |
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