Madrid PAU History Of Philosophy Practice Questions - Madrid PAU History Of Philosophy Examination 2026 (Historia De La Filosofía 2o Bachillerato Madrid) Exam

Why does Plato advocate that philosophers should become kings in the ideal state (Kallipolis)?

Philosophers possess true knowledge (episteme) of the Form of the Good and are free from self-interested ambition. Philosophers are skilled in Sophistic rhetoric and persuasion necessary to control public democratic voting. Philosophers hold inherited aristocratic wealth required to fund state military defense. Philosophers strictly enforce religious rituals and traditional ancestral customs.

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Philosophers possess true knowledge (episteme) of the Form of the Good and are free from self-interested ambition.

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