id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6282 Philosopher king - Wikipedia .html text/html 1643 269 63 It is widely argued that Marcus Aurelius is a prominent example of the philosopher king ideal.[7][8][9][10] His Stoic tome Meditations, written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, is still revered as a literary monument to a philosophy of service and duty, describing how to find and preserve equanimity in the midst of conflict by following nature as a source of guidance and inspiration. Ayatollah Khomeini is said to have been inspired by the Platonic vision of the philosopher king while in Qum in the 1920s when he became interested in Islamic mysticism and Plato's Republic. "Marcus Aurelius: Plato's Philosopher King". – Plato's Ideal Philosopher King". C.D.C. Reeve, Philosopher-Kings: The Argument of Plato's Republic, Princeton University Press, 1988. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6282.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6282.txt