Plato and Kautilya were both anxious to preserve a stable and unified state, but while Kautilya sought to achieve it by making the king extremely powerful and not scrupling to use any means, fair or foul, Plato visualises a band of superlatively wise and moral philosopher-kings, specially trained in statecraft. From these differences flow different conception of the lifestyles, qualities, duties and education of rulers. Both thinkers refer to their ...
