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" 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... "
The United States as a Nation: Lectures on the Centennial of American ... - Page 248
by Joseph Parrish Thompson - 1877 - 323 pages
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The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 2

Plato - Philosophy - 1871 - 682 pages
...the waters of laughter and dishonour; and do you attend to me. Proceed, he said. I said: Until, then, philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of...compelled to stand aside, cities will never cease from ill—no, nor the human race, as I believe—and then only will this our State have a possibility of...
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The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 3

Plato - Philosophers, Ancient - 1875 - 738 pages
...overflowing of the laughing wave shall drown me in laughter and dishonour ; and do you attend to me. Proceed. princes of this world have the spirit and power of...the human race, as I believe — and then only will our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day. This was the thought, my dear Glaucon,...
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Morals and religion in history

John D. Marshall - 1877 - 570 pages
...maladministered states before they could pass into a truer form. " Until then, philosophers are kings, or kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, until political greatness and wisdom meet in one." " Cities will never cease from ill — no, nor will...
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The Republic of Plato

Plato - Political ethics - 1881 - 532 pages
...the laughing wave shall drown me in laughter and dishonour ; and do you attend to me. Proceed. • princes of this world have the spirit and power of...the human race, as I believe — and then only will our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day. This was the thought, my dear Glaucon,...
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John Ruskin: His Life and Work, Issue 68

William Smart - 1883 - 124 pages
...form ? Just this one change, which is not a slight or easy, though still a possible one. Attend to me. Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes...the human race, as I believe — and then only will our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day."f Who does not remember Carlyle's...
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Selections from the Dialogues of Plato

Plato - Philosophy - 1883 - 474 pages
...overflowing of the laughing wave shall drown me in laughter and dishonour." D. fl oí ßacnAijs — ÍKOVUS] 'or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy.' TWV Si vOv — йтгокХектОшичу | 'and those commoner natures who follow either to the...
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The Divine Origin of Christianity Indicated by Its Historical Effects

Richard Salter Storrs - Apologetics - 1884 - 704 pages
...anywhere, in the reign of Marcus Aurelius, but what the persecuted Christians hardly found there: — " Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world uave the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those...
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The Divine Origin of Christianity Indicated by Its Historical Effects

Richard Salter Storrs - Apologetics - 1884 - 698 pages
...anywhere, in the reign of Marcus Aurelius, but what the persecuted Christians hardly found there : — " Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world nave the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those...
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - Ethics - 1887 - 256 pages
...BOOK XI < .179 BOOK XII 195 NOTES r ..... 209 MARCUS AURELIUS. JNTIL philosophers are kings, and the princes of this world have the spirit and power of...philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, cities will never cease from ill — no, nor the human race, as I believe — and then only will our...
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The Republic of Plato

Plato - Political science - 1888 - 646 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...political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those When philosophers are kings. \ ^ i commoner natures ivho pursue cither to the exclus1on of the Republic...
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