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philosopher king
noun
- the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
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You’re an advertiser-driven platform acting like you’re some unaccountable philosopher king.
Diceneus, philosopher-king of Dacia, perhaps Cassiodorus' ideal of a king, 32.
Shall we, then, have the philosopher-king, as Europe dimly seems to half expect?
The Philosopher King is perfectly willing, "provided you don't involve me in Wars with my neighbors."
The true statesman, the philosopher king, in Plato's phrase, sees and serves the public good.
They sought in him the philosopher king—that mirage which, as we have noted, Confucius and Plato had sought in their day.
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