An idea from The Republic

The rulers’ training takes most of a life. Arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and harmony pull the mind toward what doesn’t change. At 30 the best begin 5 years of dialectic, the art of giving and testing reasons, then 15 years in ordinary posts, and rule at 50.

From The Republic by Plato

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