Was there ever a true Philosopher-King regime in history?

>>17871043 (OP)
Thankfully not.

>>17871043 (OP)
Marcus Aurelius is probably the closest anyone has gotten to Plato's ideal.

>>17871043 (OP)
Plato coped hard with his ideal ruler, but history just gave us warlords and bureaucrats. Still waiting for that 500 IQ golden age, lmao. Marcus Aurelius came closest... stoic as fuck, wrote Meditations... Every other "enlightened" ruler either fucked off to write poetry or got merked by pragmatists.

>>17871126
King Dasharatha of Ayodhya and King Janaka, ruler of Mithila.

>>17871133
What about enlightened warlords like Caesar or Frederick II ?

>>17871159
Are they even historical characters?

>>17871126
This + maybe Jayavarman VII

>>17871043 (OP)
Marcus Aurelius
Emperor Ashoka
Julian the Apostate (albeit he was a bit too revolutionary which made his ideas short term)

And yet Marcus Aurelius fucked up by putting his retarded larping gladiator dan blitzerian-tier son in charge ending Rome's prime. Goes to show intelligence doesn't mean much in practice.

>>17871301
Because that involves using emotions (his own son) rather than intelligence.

Kinda hard to deny your son might be retarded for the role and some joe you talked to for 3 days is much better meritocratically. Emotions overtake logic.

>>17871126
And Frederick II of Prussia.

>>17871301
He literally designated the most capable man in the empire as his heir before he was killed.

>>17871043 (OP)
Alexander.

>>17871043 (OP)
Alexander