Dictionary definition: philosopher king

Article: The Philosopher-King in Medieval and Renaissance ...
Shofar;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The Philosopher-King in Medieval and Renaissance Jewish ... Melamed argues that Plato's Philosopher-King theory was applied first by Muslim ... s Politics. Like Plato's Philosopher-King, Moses and Muhammad, as Founders ...

Article: The Philosopher King.(The Philosopher ...
Reviewer's Bookwatch;  July 1, 2009 ;     527 words ...The Philosopher King Ronnie Lee Outskirts Press, Inc ... bustling city of Hong Kong. In "The Philosopher King: The Philosopher-Poet and Utopia ... are insightfully engaging. "The Philosopher King" is highly recommended reading ...

Article: `PHILOSOPHER KING' NEEDS A CUT OR ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  May 6, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... in Juan Enrique Insua's ``The Philosopher King,'' which is playing at Theatre ... involved in the staging of ``The Philosopher King.'' Lydia Boykin has given the Dreamkeepers ... has gone into the staging of ``The Philosopher King,'' and some of the clever language ...

Article: Philosopher-king steps down after 13 years
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Philosopher-king steps down after 13 years By GEORGE JAHN Date: 02-09 ... the demise of the Soviet Union itself. Lionized as a modern philosopher king, acclaimed as one of the 20th century's great Europeans ...

Article: A PHILOSOPHER KING'S FAREWELL IN PRAGUE
United Press International;  November 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 A philosopher king's farewell in Prague PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Nov 21 ... Czech president who may be the nearest modern Europe gets to a philosopher king. Wonderful, wonderful. Only Havel could do this, smiled ...

Article: ANALYSIS: EU PHILOSOPHER-KING VACLAV HAVEL
United Press International;  May 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... United Press International 05-13-2004 Analysis: EU philosopher-king Vaclav Havel BRUSSELS, May 13, 2004 (United Press International ... to see himself as a 21st century equivalent of Plato's philosopher king -- a man capable of thinking as well as leading, writing ...

Article: NSW: The smiling philosopher king isn't dead yet
AAP General News (Australia);  May 9, 2003 ;     568 words ...00-00-0000 NSW: The smiling philosopher king isn't dead yet By Joe Hildebrand SYDNEY, May 9 AAP ... or is it immortality? Today the man once dubbed the philosopher king was waxing philosophical about his eventual fate. I ...