Importance Of The Philosopher King

The existence of the Philosopher king Some see a "state" as an ancient institution, going back to Rome, Greece and before, and theorized by Plato, Aristotle and other classical philosophers. Corruption and poverty, these issues and many more has always been present in every city throughout the history of civilization. Others say that a city or a nation is only as good as its ruler but sometimes series of emperors, kings, presidents and rulers in general has been the sole liable cause of their nation’s downfall. To be a ruler is to have the power to govern his subjects, a ruler is respected and a ruler has to be obeyed. But is that enough? With a little amount of power, a man can go crazy, imagine if a man has more. Some would exercise their power in terms of what is good and what is considered right but through time, we became tempted to do what we say we wouldn’t. With the said temptations like money and fame, we can see that the works of different great thinkers within the past

In reference to the works of Aristotle and Plato where Aristotle explained that politics affects us all, it is inevitable for us human beings to have a say on politics. We are the overseer of the actions of our leaders, with one mistake we as a rational being always thinks that there must be someone better than the ones who is in the seat of power. One factor also is that, in the concept of the philosopher king, people in the state will then subdue their rights and opinions only to the king thus making it impossible for the philosopher king to exist in our modern day period. A president declaring martial law in its country is hard enough for us to accept. What more if we are to subdue all our rights and opinions on a man who is always referred to as a crazy person, crazy because he is thinking ahead of his time. To this extent we can therefore conclude that the philosopher king cannot exist in our modern