e/Ship of state

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has gloss	eng: The ship of state is a famous and oft-cited metaphor put forth by Plato in book VI of ‘’Plato's Republic’’. It likens the governance of a city-state to the command of a naval vessel - and ultimately argues that the only men fit to be captain of this ship are philosopher kings, benevolent men with absolute power who have access to the Form of the Good.
lexicalization	eng: ship of state
instance of	(noun) a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity metaphor