Plato's ideal city seeks a harmonious balance between its individual parts and should be lead by a philosopher king.

柏拉图理想中的城市追求各个部分的和谐共生，并且应该由一个哲学家国王所统治。

Plato imagined an enlightened republic ruled by philosopher kings, many religions promise bliss in the afterlife, and throughout history, various groups have tried to build paradise on Earth.

柏拉图想象了一个由哲学家国王统治的开明共和国，许多宗教都承诺来世的幸福，纵观历史，各种团体都试图在地球上建立天堂。

Some thinkers have gone on to credit the idea of the noble lie as a prototype for 20th century propaganda, and the philosopher king as inspiration for the dictators that used them.

一些思想家继续将崇高谎言的想法归功于 20 世纪宣传的原型，而哲学家国王则是使用它们的独裁者的灵感来源。

Sadly the pattern of co-option was broken when the philosopher king Marcus Aurelius left the empire to his biological son Commodus with disastrous results. When Trajan took over the empire in 98 AD he demonstrated strong imperialistic tendencies.

遗憾的是，哲学皇帝马可·奥勒留将皇位传给自己的亲儿子康茂德，打破了这种共择传位方式，也招致了灾难后果。公元98年图拉真接管帝国的时候，他展现出了强烈的帝国主义倾向。