#philosopher-king

¶ Al-Fārābī’s virtuous city and Plato’s philosopher-king: the same answer for different reasons?

I keep a bookshop off Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, the city where al-Fārābī did much of his work a thousand years ago. On bad days I find it hopeful that someone here once believed a city could be organised around wisdom. Al-Fārābī's…