c. 428–348 BCE · Classical Greek
Student of Socrates, founder of the Academy, author of the dialogues.
...μὴ ... οἱ φιλόσοφοι βασιλεύσωσιν ... οὐκ ἔστι κακῶν παῦλα ταῖς πόλεσι
Original (Greek)
“Until philosophers are kings ... cities will never have rest from their evils.”
Plato, Republic 473c–d
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