The concept of Philosophy and Leadership did not really sink into my brain. I mean what we talked about in the discussion did not really satisfy me. I think I agreed that a philosopher can be a leader however he/she needs to be able to separate the two roles distinctively. Now that in mind, I was watching the movie Gladiator. In one of the scenes Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor who is killed by his son, reveals that he is a philosopher. So after hearing that I did a quick research on Marcus Aurelius to see how historically correct the movie was and i found out that he was a real Emperor. On Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius , it says that "He was the last of the 'Five Good Emperors', and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers."(Stoicism is school of thought if I am not mistaken). My point being that this man was a philosopher and a good ruler/leader. I can't really prove it from my own knowledge but philosophy and leadership can go hand to hand according to his example.
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