WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES GOVERNMENT OF ARISTOCRACY THE BEST ACCORDING TO PLATO

"We are thus led on to the conception of a higher State, in which … "kings are philosophers" and "philosophers are kings;" and there is another and higher education…"

Plato thought that merit based aristocracy was the best type of government. He believed that philosopher kings would be the strongest, most superior rulers. He saw knowledge and education as an integral part of leadership, and felt that the best government is formed by the most gifted.