WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT GREECE

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which philosopher wrote The Republic and thought that philosophers should run society?

A	Aristotle
B	Hippocrates
C	Plato
D	Socrates

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -In The Republic, Plato argues that kings should become philosophers or that philosophers should become kings, or philosopher kings, as they possess a special level of knowledge, which is required to rule the Republic successfully.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plato is best known for his dialogue that we call Republic. The main thing that readers of the work (apart from specialists) remember is the idea of philosopher rulers.

Detailed explanation-3: -philosopher king, idea according to which the best form of government is that in which philosophers rule. The ideal of a philosopher king was born in Plato’s dialogue Republic as part of the vision of a just city.

Detailed explanation-4: -He is best known for his theories of Forms, known as Platonism. In this philosophy, Plato rejected the materialism common to ancient philosophy in favor of metaphysics. He believed in the existence of an immaterial world of perfect objects and Forms (ideas).

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