Platos Philosopher Kings

Plato took a dim view of democracy as a process for deciding what to do. Plato thought rulers should be speciallytrained philosophers chosen because they were incorruptible and had a deeper knowledge of reality than other people an idea that only a philosopher could have come up with. Narrated by Aidan Turner. Scripted by Nigel Warburton. From the BBC Radio 4 series about life s big questions A History of Ideas. This project is from the BBC in partnership with The Open University, the animations we