Friday, January 21, 2005

Quote of the Day #18

If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.

-- Frederick II, the Great


Posted by Unknown @ 2:40 am
Comments:
Well first of all, there haven't been many philosopher-kings in history, much to the dismay of Plato's ghost. And of the few that were, they might not have done so bad a job. Ashoka was a pretty amazing emperor, at least AFTER he became a philosopher. Can't think of other examples at the moment. Peter the Great?
# posted by Blogger ambar : 11:47 am, January 21, 2005
 
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