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There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
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"There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands."
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Plato was a Philosopher from Classical Athens (428–348).

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Who said "There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till phi…"?
This quote is attributed to Plato, a Philosopher from Classical Athens.
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Plato lived from 428 – 348.