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    Challenges→The more completely authority is vested in one man, the worse off everyone is, including the despot himself.

    Plato's Republic argues that a philosopher-king, unconstrained by popular opinion, can govern according to genuine knowledge of the Good rather than majority ignorance.

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    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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