gold people are those who complete the entire educational process and become philosopher-kings. They are the keepers of the guardians, and the elite minds that have acutely developed the ability to grasp the Forms, and become the "sightseers of the truth" p196 Plato explains "When a community is founded on natural principles, the wisdom it has as a whole is due to the smallest grouping and section within it and to the knowledge possessed by this group, which is the authoritative and ruling section of the community. And we also find that this category, which is naturally the least numerous, is the one which inherently possesses the only branch of knowledge which deserves to be called wisdom." P135 The philosopher kings Plato writes about are atypical of ordinary rulers. Their education and intrinsic understanding of knowledge elevates them to the highest level of being in that they have no interest of material goods and the power with in it. Therefore the occupation of ruler would be an undesired duty for philosopher kings because the truth of the matter is this: "the less keen the would be rulers of a community are to rule, the better and less divided the administration of that community is bound to be, but where the rulers feel the opposite, the administration is bound to be the opposite." P248 Ironically this is the ultimate ruler, one who does not want to rule and who does very little of it. Thus philosopher kings would never abuse their power and are the perfect rulers that all societies should emulate to achieve a just state. Plato believes this and suggests "Unless communities have philosophers as kings…or political power and philosophy coincide, and all the people with their diversity of talents who currently head in different directions towards either government or philosophy have those doors shut firmly in their faces- there can be no end to political troubles, or even to human troubles in general." P193After disce...
