Who believed that in an ideal society the government should be controlled by a class of ';philosopher kings';?

Plato wrote that Socrates said this in the Republic and I think he was onto something here. Plato thought that everyone should do what they do best and the people best at getting to true and reason should make the rules. Bush is about as far from this idea as you can get.Who believed that in an ideal society the government should be controlled by a class of ';philosopher kings';?
whoever - they were wrong.Who believed that in an ideal society the government should be controlled by a class of ';philosopher kings';?
Plato.





It was a really bad idea, too.