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Single Idea 2132
[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / d. Elites
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Full Idea
Unless communities have philosophers as kings, or the people who are currently called kings and rulers practise philosophy with enough integrity, there can be no end to political troubles.
Gist of Idea
Only rule by philosophers of integrity can keep a community healthy
Source
Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 473d)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Republic', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1993], p.193
The
23 ideas
with the same theme
[rule of a small group, by talent, birth or wealth]:
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7361
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Men of the highest calibre avoid political life completely
[Kongzi (Confucius)]
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2132
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Only rule by philosophers of integrity can keep a community healthy
[Plato]
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2149
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Reluctant rulers make a better and more unified administration
[Plato]
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22542
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People who buy public office will probably expect to profit from it
[Aristotle]
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2819
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The only virtue special to a ruler is practical wisdom
[Aristotle]
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22552
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The rich can claim to rule, because of land ownership, and being more trustworthy
[Aristotle]
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22583
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The guardians should not be harsh to strangers, as no one should behave like that
[Aristotle]
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19970
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If the nobility is numerous, the senate is the artistocracy, and the nobles are a democracy
[Montesquieu]
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19971
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Aristocracy is democratic if they resemble the people, but not if they resemble the monarch
[Montesquieu]
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19984
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Great inequality between aristocrats and the rest is bad - and also among aristocrats themselves
[Montesquieu]
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21092
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Nobility either share in the power of the whole, or they compose the power of the whole
[Hume]
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19829
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Natural aristocracy is primitive, and hereditary is dreadful, but elective aristocracy is best
[Rousseau]
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7249
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Natural aristocracy is primitive, hereditary is bad, and elective aristocracy is the best
[Rousseau]
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19830
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Large states need a nobility to fill the gap between a single prince and the people
[Rousseau]
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21086
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Hereditary nobility has not been earned, and probably won't be earned
[Kant]
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22669
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Aristocracy is constituted by inherited landed property
[Tocqueville]
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20139
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Only aristocratic societies can elevate the human species
[Nietzsche]
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20373
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A healthy aristocracy has no qualms about using multitudes of men as instruments
[Nietzsche]
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23200
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The controlling morality of aristocracy is the desire to resemble their ancestors
[Nietzsche]
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20089
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Technocrats may be efficient, but they lose legitimacy as soon as they do unpopular things
[Reybrouck]
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20088
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Technocrats are expert managers, who replace politicians, and can be long-term and unpopular
[Reybrouck]
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20597
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If winning elections depends on wealth, we have plutocracy instead of democracy
[Tuckness/Wolf]
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12405
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'If you're aristocratic,' said Nietzsche...
[Sommers,W]
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