Plato advocated a political rule by philosopher kings.
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{Quote hidden}> I believe it was Plato, (or Aristotle? I *REALLY* don't want to go
> dig out my Humanities book) who showed, logically, why there must be a
> higher calling than "politician" (in his case it was that of
> philosopher) and why the representatives must step down from their
> loftier pursuits to "serve their time" as political leaders. If
> politics is the most respected, or best paid, position, then the worst
> of scoundrels will end up there. You really need something else for
> them to aspire to, so that better people can serve as representatives.
>
> --Joe
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> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:43:47 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler
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> > >> I take it you're not in politics... :)
> > >
> > > Absolutely not.
> >
> > Sometimes (when I'm very little busy with other things :) I wonder how
our
> > selection process works. I think that's one of the most fundamental
flaws
> > of democracy as we know it: the way we select the representatives. It
seems
> > people "with reason" don't get there very often -- pretty much
> > independently of the country. We all probably know a few people who are
> > reasonable enough that we would want them as representatives in any of
the
> > different elected positions -- but usually none of them is in such a
> > position. It happens here and there locally, but it seems that anybody
who
{Quote hidden}> > has enough taste for power to go through the machine to get elected for
> > state or federal office, has already lost his reason :)
> >
> > Gerhard
> >
> >
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