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shuí
yīng gāi
应该
dāng
lǐng dǎo
领导
zhé xué jiā
哲学家
guó wáng
国王
de
bù tóng
不同
xiǎng fǎ
想法

Who Should Be the Leader? Different Ideas of Philosophers and Kings
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hěnjiǔyǐ qián以前zhé xué jiā哲学家bó lā tú柏拉图zhèng zhì jiā政治家mǎ jī yǎ wéi lì马基雅维利yǒubù tóng不同dekàn fǎ看法

A long time ago, the philosopher Plato and the politician Machiavelli had different views.

bó lā tú柏拉图jué de觉得guó jiā国家yīng gāi应该yóucōng míng聪明yǒudào dé道德derénláiguǎn lǐ管理zhè yàng这样guó jiā国家cáihuìgōng píng公平měi hǎo美好

Plato thought that the country should be governed by smart and moral people, so the country would be fair and good.

xī wàng希望lǐng dǎo rén领导人yàoyǒuzhì huì智慧shàn liáng善良

He hoped leaders would have wisdom and kindness.

mǎ jī yǎ wéi lì马基雅维利rèn wéi认为lǐng dǎo rén领导人yàoxiàn shí现实yǒu shí hòu有时候wèi le为了guó jiā国家ān quán安全kě yǐ可以zuòyī xiē一些tàidào dé道德deshì qíng事情

Machiavelli believed that leaders should be realistic and sometimes do things that are not very moral for the sake of national security.

jué de觉得lǐng dǎo rén领导人yàodǒng de懂得zěn yàng怎样bǎo hù保护guó jiā国家yí dìng一定zǒng shì总是yàozuòhǎo rén好人

He thought leaders should know how to protect the country and not always have to be 'good people'.

jīn tiān今天shì jiè世界shànghěnduōguó jiā国家delǐng dǎo rén领导人yǒu shí有时huìxuǎn zé选择bó lā tú柏拉图defāng fǎ方法yǒu shí有时huìyòngmǎ jī yǎ wéi lì马基雅维利defāng fǎ方法

Today, many leaders in the world sometimes choose Plato's way and sometimes use Machiavelli's way.

wǒ men我们cháng cháng常常kàn dào看到yǒu xiē有些rénwèi le为了quán lì权力huìzuòyī xiē一些duìdeshì qíng事情

We often see that some people do wrong things for power.

suī rán虽然rén lèi人类yǒulehěnduōkē jì科技jìn bù进步dànzàidào dé道德shàngháixū yào需要nǔ lì努力

Although humans have made many technological advances, we still need to work on morality.

wǒ men我们yīng gāi应该sī kǎo思考wèi lái未来wǒ men我们xiǎng yào想要shén me yàng什么样delǐng dǎo rén领导人shìzhuī qiú追求zhèng yì正义shàn liáng善良hái shì还是zhǐxiǎng yào想要quán lì权力

We should think about what kind of leaders we want in the future: those who pursue justice and kindness, or those who only want power.

zhè ge这个wèn tí问题duìwǒ men我们deshè huì社会hěnzhòng yào重要

This question is very important for our society.

By Irshad Ahmad Mughal / Pressenza|CC BY 4.0|Modified & AI-assisted

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