Since I left class early on Wednesday, I did not get a chance to pose a question that I had written for the Q&A segment of class, so I would like to pose it now.
We established in class during our study of Confucianism that sagehood seemed like an impossible goal. After all, Confucius himself admitted that he didn't think he would ever meet one. With a set of standards so high, it seems unlikely that any of us will ever meet one.
Between sacrificing any and all personal relationships with other people and going through intensive schooling, Plato's philosopher kings also had a high set of standards to live up to. That being said, my question is: Is becoming a philosopher king any more plausible than becoming a sage, or are they both two completely unrealistic ideals?
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